Guardian deity carved out of tsunami-hit cherry trees

Guardian deity carved out of tsunami-hit cherry trees

SENDAI, Japan - A 60-centimeter-tall Jizo, a guardian deity of children, made of wood from two cherry trees that temporarily survived the March 2011 massive tsunami in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, is pictured on March 12, 2014. A consecration ceremony was held in the town the same day.

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