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Tohoku: One Month After The Tsunami

Ishinomaki Coast Road

This was already posted at giantrobot.com on April 11, but as the two month anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami is coming closer it's still newsworthy, in my opinion. Michael Arias writes about his trips to Tohoku after the catastrophe:

Today is the one-month anniversary of the Tohoku quake and tsunami disaster, but my flat is still rattling from aftershocks (I counted three today, but I’m sure there were more). Last weekend was actually the first I’ve spent at home in Tokyo since March 11, when the big one hit. Much of the last month I’ve been up north, looking for my in-laws, ferrying supplies to relief organizations, and being a guide for foreign television crews looking to get close to ground zero in the first days after the disaster....