Hula dancers at disaster shelter

Hula dancers at disaster shelter

TOKYO, Japan - Hula dancers from Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform at a shelter in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 12, 2011, for evacuees from Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town hosting the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The troupe from the Spa Resort Hawaiians featured in the 2006 movie ''Hula Girls'' has begun touring shelters across Japan while the facility has remained closed since the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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