http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/05/japan-earthquake-two-months-later/100062/
Cherry blossoms cover a tree among tsunami wreckage in Natori city, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, on April 18, 2011. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images) |
The high-water mark from the March 11 tsunami is visible on a wall and clock in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev) |
A wooden cross stands amid the tsunami devastation at a place where a church used to stand in Kesennuma, Miyagi. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images) |
Shoes are left in the dressing room of a kindergarten in the deserted town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev) |
A statue stands in a rice field devastated by the March 11 tsunami in Natori in Miyagi prefecture. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images) |
Such emotional pictures.. esp the first one... sakura mitakattana..
ReplyDeleteSuch a big contrast between the kirei cherry blossom tree and the wreckage from the tsunami. It's like sending us a message that we can now rebuild. :( Nihon gambare.
50 percent is like a huge drop... I might not be a tourist but I seriously want to go home and help. :(
ラブラブnihon n you.