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1st anniv. of tsunami

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - People offer flowers near the ''miracle lone pine'' in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, at 6:17 a.m. on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the massive tsunami that hit northeastern Japan. The tree is regarded as a symbol of reconstruction of the area devastated by the disaster after surviving the gigantic tidal wave that knocked down all the other roughly 70,000 pine trees on a 2-kilometer stretch along the Pacific shore.

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'Miracle lone pine' in Rikuzentakata

SENDAI, Japan - File photo taken March 27, 2011, shows what is now known as the ''miracle lone pine'' (front) on the coast of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. The tree is regarded as a symbol of reconstruction of the area devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami after surviving the gigantic tidal wave that knocked down all the other roughly 70,000 pine trees on a 2-kilometer stretch along the Pacific shore.

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Harvest moon in disaster-hit Iwate

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo taken on the evening of Sept. 12, 2011 shows a harvest moon in the sky above a pine tree near the coast of tsunami-hit Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. The pine tree was the only one of some 70,000 pine trees that formed a historic flood barrier to survive the March 11 disaster. It is now known as the ''miraculous lone pine tree.''

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Seal made of 'miracle pine tree' for reconstruction minister

A man shows off an official seal for the reconstruction minister in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2015, carved from a branch of the so-called "miracle pine tree" that survived the 2011 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. The only survivor among some 70,000 pine trees that had dotted the northeastern Japan city's waterfront is being artificially preserved after antiseptic treatment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Seal carved from 'miracle pine tree' for reconstruction minister

A craftsman puts the finishing touches to an official seal for the reconstruction minister in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2015, carved from a branch of the so-called "miracle pine tree" that survived the 2011 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. The only survivor among some 70,000 pine trees that had dotted the northeastern Japan city's waterfront is being artificially preserved after antiseptic treatment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Harvest moon in disaster-hit Iwate

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo taken on the evening of Sept. 12, 2011 shows a harvest moon in the sky above a pine tree near the coast of tsunami-hit Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. The pine tree was the only one of some 70,000 pine trees that formed a historic flood barrier to survive the March 11 disaster. It is now known as the ''miraculous lone pine tree.'' (Kyodo)

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'Miracle lone pine' in Rikuzentakata

SENDAI, Japan - File photo taken March 27, 2011, shows what is now known as the ''miracle lone pine'' (front) on the coast of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. The tree is regarded as a symbol of reconstruction of the area devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami after surviving the gigantic tidal wave that knocked down all the other roughly 70,000 pine trees on a 2-kilometer stretch along the Pacific shore. (Kyodo)

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1st anniv. of tsunami

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - People offer flowers near the ''miracle lone pine'' in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, at 6:17 a.m. on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the massive tsunami that hit northeastern Japan. The tree is regarded as a symbol of reconstruction of the area devastated by the disaster after surviving the gigantic tidal wave that knocked down all the other roughly 70,000 pine trees on a 2-kilometer stretch along the Pacific shore. (Kyodo)

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9th anniv. of northeastern Japan quake-tsunami disaster

The rising sun is seen behind the "miracle pine" monument in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2020, the ninth anniversary of the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. The monument is a replica of the only tree that survived the tsunami that wiped out a grove of 70,000 trees in a windbreak. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to mark 7th anniv. of 2011 earthquake, tsunami

Photo taken Feb. 16, 2018, shows a clock that stopped at the time when the March 2011 earthquake hit an elementary school in Iwate, northeastern Japan. The clock reflects the "miracle pine," the only survivor from a grove of 70,000 trees that was wiped out in the disaster seven years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pine tree replanting project starts in tsunami-hit Rikuzentakata

People plant pine tree saplings on May 27, 2017, on the coast of the northeastern Japan city of Rikuzentakata, which was destroyed in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. A total of around 40,000 pine trees are expected to be planted on the coast of the city, where around 70,000 pine trees stood before a massive tsunami wiped out all but one. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pine tree replanting project starts in tsunami-hit Rikuzentakata

People plant pine tree saplings on May 27, 2017, on the coast of the northeastern Japan city of Rikuzentakata, which was destroyed in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. A total of around 40,000 pine trees are expected to be planted on the coast of the city, where around 70,000 pine trees stood before a massive tsunami wiped out all but one. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan marks 6th anniv. of quake, tsunami, nuclear disasters

A man places a flower on March 11, 2017, in front of the "miracle pine," the only survivor of the earthquake and tsunami six years earlier that wiped out a grove of 70,000 trees that lined the beach in the northeastern Japan city of Rikuzentakata for centuries. The miracle pine is the best-known symbol of the disaster-hit city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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6th anniversary of 2011 earthquake and tsunami

Levees are almost complete on the coast of the northeastern Japan city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 9, 2017, almost six years after the area was devastated by a massive tsunami following a magnitude 9.0-earthquake. A pine tree -- known as the "miracle pine" for being a single spindly survivor among a grove of 70,000 trees that had lined the city's beach for centuries -- can be seen in this photo taken with a drone. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo