Driftwood violins keep alive memories of prequake days

TOKYO, Japan - Polish violinist Nicolas Chumachenco (L) shows the back of his violin, on which a picture of the famed "miracle pine tree" is drawn. It was the only tree that survived the devastating tsunami that swept away a pine forest on the coast of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2011, when the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred. Photo taken Nov. 3, 2012 in Ikoma, Nara Prefecture. (Photo by Yukie Nishizawa)

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