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Northern Japan 9 Months Later
tensai-riot
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I had the opportunity to visit a city called Otsuchi in the Northern region of Japan that was devastated by the tsunami on March 11th this year. I used to live in this area (a Morioka city) about 10 years ago and visited these coastal communities a couple times. It is amazing to see how zero rebuilding has taken place, and all they have really been able to do is clean up, which is still not done! Anyways, this area of Japan still needs our help, and will so for some time to come by the looks of it.
1: Inside the Otsuchi City Hall
2: "The Phone is Broken"
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4: Emergency Exit-Unfortunately many did not heed the initial warnings and did not flee.
5: Commuting through Chaos
6: "To Live and to Love"
A bunch more on the site so check um out if you have time. C&C always welcome
1: Inside the Otsuchi City Hall
2: "The Phone is Broken"
3:
4: Emergency Exit-Unfortunately many did not heed the initial warnings and did not flee.
5: Commuting through Chaos
6: "To Live and to Love"
A bunch more on the site so check um out if you have time. C&C always welcome
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Thank you very much for checking the entire gallery, and for your comment. Hopefully the area will be able to bounce back like Kobe, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and other cities around Japan over the last 60 years.
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Thank you.
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Thanks for sharing!
Thank you very much for catching exactly what I was hoping put across to those who view these pictures. One day the area will look like the "normal areas" you see in the rest of the album, but as you say " normalcy looks to be a long ways away."
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Thank you. Much harder (emotionally) than I thought it would be, but glad I had the opportunity to do it.
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Care to share the human aspect some?
Hey Scott,
I was actually very surprised to find that there were zero barriers in the entire area. None of the buildings were taped, fenced, or otherwise blocked to entrance in any way. Even the multi-story buildings were open, and you could go up as far as you wanted. I tended to stay on the ground floor as a couple buildings had holes in the floor of the second floor. I was being careful of not being too obvious or rude, but no one said anything to me the entire time, and there were people going by from time to time. Of course when the disaster happened the Japanese self defense force pretty much shut the area down to outside traffic, but they can't stay there for ever, there is nothing of any financial value left, and the area is WAY to large for the police to try and keep everyone out, so it is just there, as it is.
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As MarkR said, very powerful stuff. You definitely got me with it!
Thank you so much. Very happy to hear the photos are producing the effect and emotion I wanted to convey.
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