Playing cards in tsunami-hit town written in local dialect

Playing cards in tsunami-hit town written in local dialect

Photo taken on Sept. 15, 2015, shows playing cards written in the dialect of the Kirikiri district of Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture. The cards of the northeastern Japan area, ravaged by the 2011 earthquake and ensuing tsunami, were made by Meiji Gakuin University students to help hand down the dialect to the next generation and were adopted by a local school as an educational tool. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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