A lone 10-meter-high pine tree stands as a symbol of hope on the shore of the tsunami-wrecked Japanese city of Rikuzentakata in Iwate …
A lone 10-meter-high pine tree stands as a symbol of hope on the shore of the tsunami-wrecked Japanese city of Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture. The tree was one of 70,000 in a forest that had protected the city from ocean winds for more than 300 years. Entire houses disappeared when an earthquake triggered a tsunami that swamped cities along the Japanese coast. This is the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture on March 21, 2011. Even 10 years on, the sight of a boat sitting in the middle of a suburban street is jarring.
