Japan's Tsunami Zone Revisited: Sakura Cherry Trees Blossom/Life's Subtle Return

(L) A tug boat has been deposited high above the harbor, which is more than 1 kilometer away, by a massive tsunami above a clogged waterway behind a house that may not have originally stood in that locations and the branches of the cherry trees are strewn with clothing and refuse at a second storey level. Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. .(R) The same location after the surviving sumi-yoshino cherry tree, the symbol of rebirth in Japanese culture has bloomed. The house and one cherry tree...
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(L) A tug boat has been deposited high above the harbor, which is more than 1 kilometer away, by a massive tsunami above a clogged waterway behind a house that may not have originally stood in that locations and the branches of the cherry trees are strewn with clothing and refuse at a second storey level. Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. .(R) The same location after the surviving sumi-yoshino cherry tree, the symbol of rebirth in Japanese culture has bloomed. The house and one cherry tree have been removed but the tug boat remains, Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
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