Some photos from my trip to Kamaishi in North East Japan (Tsunami disastor area)

[Drunken Cat]

I took a trip to Kamaishi a couple months ago with a group of Japanese. The area was hit hard and devastated by the Tsunami of 2011. A lot of damage is still there, and who knows when and how it will eventually be cleaned up. This is probably the case with a lot of the cities and towns hit hard by the tsunami.

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(Formerly a train station)

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[thuggery]

Cool pics, I remember staying up basically pulling an all nighter the day it happened. Those live videos of the Tsunami coming in were devastating.

[Drunken Cat]

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With respect to the aftermath of the Tsunami, this is one of the best videos I've seen. On the ground footage, filmed by former MMA fighter Enson Inoue.

[T.Horton]

What did that place look like before the tsunami?

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Wow!
thanks for sharing!

[Drunken Cat]

What did that place look like before the tsunami?

A lot nicer than it does today.

It was actually a steel manufacturing and fishing city.

They still make steel, but the place is almost like a ghost town in a way.

You drive around, and no one is on the streets. The place is really messed up now.