Woman sheds tears as she stands amongst the rubble after playing a trumpet given to her by her grandmother on April 11, 2011 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate,...
The sun rises behind "The Miracle Pine Tree" in Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture on March 11 on the 14th anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake...日本, 海嘯, 地震
In this aerial image, completely ruined Rikuzentakata city is seen after an 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck on March 11 off the coast of...
Illuminated floats roll through the new downtown area during the Tanabata Festival on August 7, 2017 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan. The disaster-hit...
Illuminated floats roll through the new downtown area during the Tanabata Festival on August 7, 2017 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan. The disaster-hit...
Float rolls through the new downtown area during the Tanabata festival on August 7, 2017 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan. The disaster-hit northern...
One-kilometer-long belt conveyer starts operation on March 24, 2014 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan. The 1.8-meter-wide conveyer, connects a...
Chiyomi Kikuchi receives the graduation certificate for her granddaughter Keito Kumagaya during the graduation ceremony of Yonesaki Elementary School...
Chiyomi Kikuchi raises the portrait of her granddaughter Keito Kumagaya as guraduates leave after the graduation ceremony of Yonesaki Elementary...
The sun rises behind the so-called 'Miracle Pine Tree' on the fourth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2015 in...
Police officer searches the shoreline for the remains of tsunami victims or any identifying personal items on March 11, 2015 in Rikuzentakata, Japan....
Day before the 4th anniversary of the Great Eastern Earthquake and Tsunami a man takes a photograph from a lookout on top of a large pile of...
Day before the 4th anniversary of the Great Eastern Earthquake and Tsunami, a woman takes a photograph in front of the miracle tree on March 10, 2015...
Conveyors transporting excavated soil for elevating the city's ground level while creating a new residential area on the top of a hill, are...
New twenty-year-old take selfie photographs during the coming-of-age cerermony at Rikuzetakata Daiichi Junior High School on January 11, 2015 in...
Noh actors and musicians perform "Hagoromo " before a memorial lone pine tree on October 21, 2013 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan. The performance was...
The harvest moon shines through the clouds and illuminates the preserved lone pine tree that miraculously survived the deadly tsunami of 2011 on...
Workers reinstall the top part of the preserved 'Miracle Pine Tree', that survived March 2011 tsunami that swept away an entire pine forest of the...
Workers reinstall the top part of the preserved 'Miracle Pine Tree', that survived March 2011 tsunami that swept away an entire pine forest of the...
Police officers sweep through a coast to search missings on March 11, 2013 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan. On March 11, Japan marks second...
Chieko Suzuki prays for the vctims at the place her house used to stand, on March 11, 2013 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan. On March 11, Japan marks...
Sumiko Yoshida and her sister Katsue Nagano pray at the tomb during the prayers for five of their family members who were killed in the March 11,...
The Miracle Pine Tree, is reinstalled after preservation work on March 6, 2013 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan. Japan to mark second anniversary of...
Woman, stands in the snow and prays towards the former city hall on February 11, 2013 in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, Japan. 2 year anniversary approaches...
Hinamatsuri dolls - traditionally displayed for Girl's Day on March 3 - sit beside the road after being salvaged from the debris in the town of...
The first sunrise of the year is seen at so-called 'Miracle pine Tree' which survived the tsunami following the Great East Japan Earthquake on...
Heavy snow falls around the so-called 'Miracle Pine Tree' on January 31, 2012 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
City hall staffs and the relatives of the victims offer silent prayers during the farewell ceremony at former Rikuzentakata City Hall on November 11,...
Woman offers a flower bunch to an alter arranged at the damaged Rikuzentakata Shimin Kaikan Hall on October 11, 2012 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan....
Keiko Naruse, who brought relief supplies together with her husband, has a moment of silence as she attends "Hanami" or flower viewing in the tsunami...
Family prays for the victims at a tsunami devastated area in Rikuzentakata city, Iwate prefecture on April 17, 2011. The operator of Japan's...
Pine tree stands in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture on April 20, 2011. Japan's exports fell for the first time in 16 months and its trade surplus...
People look at the top part of the single pine tree being removed on September 12, 2012 in Rikuzentakata, Japan. The pine tree, survived March 2011...
People look at the top part of the single pine tree being removed on September 12, 2012 in Rikuzentakata, Japan. The pine tree, survived March 2011...
People watch workers cutting down a pine tree, the so-called "miracle pine" that survived last year's tsunami, to give it anti-decay treatments and...
Visitors take photographs with a single pine tree left standing on September 8, 2012 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan. The pine tree, left standing...
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako pray for the victims after offering flower bouquets at Takatamatsubara Memorial Park for Tsunami Disaster on June...
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plant young trees during the national tree planting festival on June 4, 2023 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
Empress Masako plants a young tree during the national tree planting festival on June 4, 2023 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
Emperor Naruhito plants a young tree during the national tree planting festival on June 4, 2023 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
Emperor Naruhito plants a young tree during the national tree planting festival on June 4, 2023 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
Emperor Naruhito addresses during the national tree planting festival on June 4, 2023 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
Emperor Naruhito addresses while Empress Masako listens during the national tree planting festival on June 4, 2023 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend the national tree planting festival on June 4, 2023 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako observe a minute of silence for the victims of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquakes and following tsunami during...
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend the national tree planting festival on June 4, 2023 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.皇后雅子
Farmers work in a dome-shaped hydroponic lettuce factory in Rikuzentakata, heavily damaged by tsunami and seawater triggered by March 11 earthquake...
An elderly woman cries in front of a destroyed building in the devastated town of Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture on March 19 eight days after a...
Keiko Suzuki, 40 prays at the site of her uncle's home on March 11, 2012 in Rikuzentakata, Japan. Her uncle Kazuyoshi Sugawara was killed when his...
Keiko Suzuki, 40 prays at the site where her home used to stand on March 11, 2012 in Rikuzentakata, Japan. Her uncle Kazuyoshi Sugawara who lived...
Setsuko Kinno, 72 and son Yoshinori Kinno, 41 revist the site of her house on March 11, 2012 in Rikuzentakata, Japan. Mrs Kinno lost her husband...
Setsuko Kinno, 72 looks around at the site of her house on March 11, 2012 in Rikuzentakata, Japan. Mrs Kinno lost her husband Tooru when the house...
Keiko Takeda, husband Yoshihiro and two son's Seiya and Shunma place flowers at the gravesite of her parents, Tetsji and Hiroko and uncle Hiroo and...
Setsuko Kinno, 72 lrevisits the site of her house with family members on March 11, 2012 in Rikuzentakata, Japan. Mrs Kinno lost her husband Tooru...
Man walks through a destroyed area near the seaside on March 11, 2012 in Rikuzentakata, Japan. Today marks the one year anniversary of the 9.0...
Kenji Sasaki, 44 pours water over the gravesite of five family members, his one hundred year old grandfather, mother, father, eldest sister and...
Single pine tree that was left standing after the March 11th tsunami last year, which swept away an entire forest in the city of Rikuzentakata, is...
Single pine tree that was left standing after the March 11th tsunami last year, which swept away an entire forest in the city of Rikuzentakata, is...
Single pine tree that was left standing after the March 11th tsunami last year, which swept away an entire forest in the city of Rikuzentakata, is...
