Kesen: A Village Erased
The earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, wiped away the ancient Japanese village of Kesen. In the past decade, a small group of survivors has valiantly tried to rebuild the community, but a grim reality has set in: This emptiness will last forever. For centuries, this village rode the currents of time: war and plague, the sowing and reaping of rice, the planting and felling of trees. Then the wave hit. Time stopped. And the village became history. When a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami struck coastal Japan on March 11, 2011, more than 200 residents of the village, Kesen, in Iwate Pr...
Source: newsonjapan.com
