30-27 at the 16,000-seat, purpose-built Kamaishi Recovery Memorial stadium, which sits on the ruins of a school destroyed in the disaster.
"I feel like I'm dreaming that the World Cup is being held here eight-and-a-half years later," Kamaishi resident Masahiro Mikami told AFP."I'm very happy."Schoolchildren hold Fijian and Uruguayan flags prior to the Japan 2019 Rugby World Cup Pool D match between Fiji and Uruguay at the Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium in Kamaishi on September 25, 2019.
And the game had a role in Kamaishi's recovery - the team, now called the Kamaishi Seawaves, played a match just two weeks after the disaster to lift spirits."When deciding upon host cities for Japan 2019, it was clear that Kamaishi was a place with rugby at its heart, with a great rugby history and a passionate local fanbase," said Beaumont.
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