FACING FUKUSHIMA

Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture Little was left standing in the city of Rikuzentakata after the march 11th Tsunami. Even the centuries-old pine forest by the sea that had long been a symbol of the city was destroyed. The pines known as Takata Matsubara stretched along 2 km of a seaside park. Wood from the trees was salvaged to make shingles to offer prayers in religious ceremonies the shingles were refused by some temples when radioactive Cesium was detected in some of the samples of the trees. The last standing tree is expected to die from exposure to the salt water of the tsunami.

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Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture Little was left standing in the city of Rikuzentakata after the march 11th Tsunami. Even the centuries-old pine forest by the sea that had long been a symbol of the city was destroyed. The pines known as Takata Matsubara stretched along 2 km of a seaside park. Wood from the trees was salvaged to make shingles to offer prayers in religious ceremonies the shingles were refused by some temples when radioactive Cesium was detected in some of the samples of the trees. The last standing tree is expected to die from exposure to the salt water of the tsunami.