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You can see its ribs. ogawa fed his lunch to the dog. but what ogawa can't forget, this sign. once a proud symbol of the town that reads "nuclear energy, our hometown's future." "it's ironic," he says. "the nuclear power plant was supposed to open the door to the future. instead, it closed that door." everywhere they went, radiation levels easily exceeded the legal limit. >> you think fukushima will be -- >> in this moment. in this moment. >> will be like chernobyl. does it make you sad? >> no. please. >> you also talked, kyung, to residents of the area who watched the video. how did they reac...

On a piecemeal basis. >> yeah, i'd rather err -- if i'm living in that zone, i'd rather err on the side of being inconvenienced than risk the radiation risk. >> no doubt. >> kyung, you interviewed a journalist who was actually able to get inside the evacuation zone, deserted, just a couple of miles from the plant. i want to get a look at that video. >> reporter: people left so quickly in the wake of the disaster this dog was left behind. chained, now starving. you can see its ribs. ogawa fed his lunch to the dog. but what ogawa can't forget, this sign. once a proud symbol of the town that read...

Disaster this dog was left behind. chained, now starving. you can see its ribs. ogawa fed his lunch to the dog. but what ogawa can't forget, this sign. once a proud symbol of the town that reads "nuclear energy, our hometown's future." "it's ironic," he says. "the nuclear power plant was supposed to open the door to the future. instead, it closed that door." everywhere they went, radiation levels easily exceeded the legal limit. >> you think fukushima will be -- >> in this moment. >> will be like chernobyl. does it make you sad? >> no. please. >> you also talked to residents of the area who wa...

You can see its ribs. ogawa fed his lunch to the dog. but what ogawa can't forget, this sign. once a proud symbol of the town that reads "nuclear energy, our hometown's future." "it's ironic," he says. "the nuclear power plant was supposed to open the door to the future. instead, it closed that door." everywhere they went, radiation levels easily exceeded the legal limit. >> you think fukushima will be -- >> in this moment. in this moment. >> will be like chernobyl. does it make you sad? >> no. please. >> you also talked, kyung, to residents of the area who watched the video. how did they reac...

Sign, once a proud symbol of the town that reads "nuclear energy, our hometown's future." it's ironic, he says, the nuclear power plant was supposed to open the door to the future. instead, it closed that door. wrefr they went radiation levels easily exceeded the legal limit. >> before that i don't feel anything. >> reporter: and it's scary, because you can't feel anything. you can't see it. across the evacuation zone, they photographed other empty towns, bodies that have yet to be found or burr rid. time frozen like another nuclear disaster zone he just returned from, chernobyl on its 25th an...