By RYOHEI MIYAWAKI/ Staff Writer
October 19, 2021 at 07:00 JST
The ruins of Kesen Junior High School in the Kesencho district of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, are preserved as a memorial to the 2011 disaster. This photo was taken in May 2021. (Ryohei Miyawaki)
RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture--When Miki Onoda last left the building that used to be Kesen Junior High School here, he and his classmates were fleeing to higher ground to escape the 2011 tsunami. [Read More]
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