Cherry tree-planting project to remember tsunami

Cherry tree-planting project to remember tsunami

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Members of a citizens' group begin planting cherry trees in a line connecting the furthest inland points reached by the March 11 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2011. In an effort to commemorate the disaster, volunteers began planting trees in a line that will eventually stretch 173 kilometers with 17,300 cherry trees in total planted at 10-meter intervals. (Kyodo)

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