GEN YAMAGUCHI

STORIES: - Aftermath - Great East Japan Earthquake 2011

  • A local fisherman walks by the destructed Kuji fish market along the Kuji Bay in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture.
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  • A view of Ofunato, Iwate after the earthquake
  • In Rikuchunoda, Iwate prefecture, a local resident states that her house was washed all the way to the bottom of the bridge where she stands, about 1km away from it's original location.
  • Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
  • Women pray for the two found bodies in front of them amongst the rubbles in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
  • With a boat washed ashore in the background, a member of the Chinese rescue team records video footage at Ofunato, Iwate.
  • A local resident finds a family album belonging to his neighbor's under the debris where his house used to stand in Ofunato, Iwate.
  • Evacuees try to make phone calls to their family members and friends from a shelter, originally an indoor sports facility in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
  • A tunnel leading to northern Iwate prefecture, Japan, where effects of the massive earthquake/tsunami was felt.
  • Japanese firefighters along with other search team members recover a body amongst the wreckage in Rikuzentakata, Iwate.
  • A local fisherman walks through the destructed Kuji Fish market along the Kuji Bay in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture.
  • A local resident walks across debris and the railroad tracks at Ofunato, Iwate.
  • A local resident searches for her family's belongings amongst the wreckage in Rikuzentakata, Iwate. She stated that she would like to find family pictures the most.
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  • Family members try to locate their belongings where they believe their house once stood in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
  • Search and rescue team locates a body and carries it away on a truck in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
  • Evacuees line up to receive donated good at a shelter, originally an indoor sports facility in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
  • A mother and daughter read a book at a shelter in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
  • A woman tries to locate something belonging to a friend who is unaccounted for, for rememberance, amongst the rubbles in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
  • Traces of footprints are visible everywhere in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
  • Elderly couple sit on their makeshift bed and eat their meal in the hallway of a retirement home, being used as a shelter in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
  • People walk the cleared path of what used to be Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
  • Empty chairs circle a heater at a shelter, originally an indoor sports facility where some evacuees stay in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan.
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