Photobook on pre-quake lives in Iwate Pref. town

Photobook on pre-quake lives in Iwate Pref. town

MORIOKA, Japan - Goichi Tamura, the head of a citizens' group to hand down tsunami experience in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, holds a photography book capturing the townscape of Yamada before the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in this photo taken on May 13, 2014. The title of the book can be translated as "Sea, Town and Festivals: Bring Back Memories of Our Town Yamada."

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