Cherry blossoms demarcate tsunami-reached point in northeastern Japan

Cherry blossoms demarcate tsunami-reached point in northeastern Japan

Cherry trees are in bloom on April 13, 2016 along a line connecting the furthest inland points reached by the 2011 tsunami in the northeastern Japan city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. A nonprofit organization started in the fall of 2011 to plant 17,000 cherry trees at 10-meter intervals along a line that will eventually stretch 170 kilometers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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