11. März 2011 - 11. März 2014 Fukushima in Nordostjapan
The Japan Times, MARCH 5, 2014

An orange banner is hung at the height of a 9.9-meter seawall that the Miyagi Prefectural Government plans to build to block possible tsunami at Kesennuma’s Shibitachi fishery port on Feb. 25. Many housing lots, destroyed by tsunami three years ago, are still empty. | REIJI YOSHIDA


A series of photos show (from top) the same location in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture: on March 15, 2011, Aug. 30, 2012, and Nov. 11 last year, after the Kyotoku Maru No. 18 was removed. | KYODO

Business in Kesennuma dries up as 3/11 memory fades

Tohoku finding real recovery hard to come by
BY REIJI YOSHIDA

KESENNUMA, MIYAGI PREF. – Yumiko Onodera is a survivor. She saw her town of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, devastated by gigantic tsunami and ensuing fire from damaged heavy oil tanks at the major fishery port on March 11, 2011.