Shed built to house tsunami-swept stone deity statue in north Japan

Shed built to house tsunami-swept stone deity statue in north Japan

Buddhist monks pray during a service in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 24, 2015, to celebrate the completion of a shed housing a "Jizo" stone guardian deity statue that was swept away in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster but later found from wreckage in the northeastern Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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