More than 3,300 people are still living in evacuation centers in Ishikawa Prefecture three months after a devastating earthquake hit Japan's Noto Peninsula. Making sure they get enough support remains a big focus.

For some life is gradually returning to normal.
All elementary schools in Nanao City started offering lunches again on Tuesday.

A school girl said "I now realize how blessed we were to get lunch cooked every day."

But offering food to residents at this evacuation center in Suzu City has become more difficult. There are about 60 quake survivors here who have been unable to get temporary housing since the New Year's Day disaster.

The operator says the number of volunteers who cooked meals for them dropped significantly this month. And there are fewer kinds of aid coming in. That's a big worry for evacuees.

A male evacuee said, "We need supplies, otherwise we cannot survive. Even if we don't get meals cooked by volunteers as often as before, I hope aid will continue to arrive."

Elsewhere in the prefecture, evacuation center operators and city officials held their first meeting Tuesday to figure out how to support people who have no choice but to stay in the centers. The gathering will take place on a weekly basis.