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2 years after quake

OTSUCHI, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2013, with a shipyard having been reconstructed and the pleasure boat Hamayuri that was washed up on the roof of an inn having been removed.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

OTSUCHI, Japan - Photos of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, (from top) on April 6, June 3 and Sept. 1, 2011, show that the sightseeing tour vessel Hamayuri, left atop an inn by the March 11 tsunami, has been removed.

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Disaster-hit Otsuchi in April and June

OTSUCHI, Japan - Combination photo shows an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 6, 2011 (top), and on June 3, 2011 (bottom). The pleasure boat ''Hamayuri'' washed up on the rooftop of an inn by tsunami and a building have so far been removed.

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Ship removed from roof

OTSUCHI, Japan - The sightseeing ship Hamayuri is lifted by cranes to be removed from the roof of an inn (back) in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 10, 2011. The sight of the vessel on the rooftop had been seen as symbolizing the devastation of the March 11 disaster since it was brought there by a tsunami.

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Tsunami aftermath in Otsuchi

OTSUCHI, Japan - A man holds an umbrella in rain and searches for usable items on April 23, 2011, where his house used to stand before being swept away by the March 11 tsunami in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture. In the background, the sightseeing boat Hamayuri was left atop a two-story inn.

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5th anniversary of Japan's March 2011 disaster

Combined photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 10, 2011, (L) and Feb. 16, 2016, show the northeastern Japanese town of Otsuchi devastated by earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. The tourism boat Hamayuri washed up on the rooftop of an inn by tsunami, seen in the left photo, has been removed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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10 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

Combined photo shows the sightseeing boat Hamayuri (top) on the roof of a guesthouse in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 1, 2011, three weeks after being washed up in the earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan, and work under way at the same place (bottom) on Feb. 1, 2021, to demolish the inn after a failed attempt to build a heritage monument.

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Aftermath of March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo taken April 8, 2011, shows the sightseeing boat Hamayuri washed up onto the roof of a two-story inn in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, following a huge tsunami in the wake of the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The process to demolish the inn began in earnest on Jan. 25, 2021, with the vessel already removed from the roof and scrapped in May 2011.

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Aftermath of March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo taken April 6, 2011, shows the sightseeing boat Hamayuri washed up onto the roof of a two-story inn in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, following a huge tsunami in the wake of the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The process to demolish the inn began in earnest on Jan. 25, 2021, with the vessel already removed from the roof and scrapped in May 2011.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

OTSUCHI, Japan - Photos of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, (from top) on April 6, June 3 and Sept. 1, 2011, show that the sightseeing tour vessel Hamayuri, left atop an inn by the March 11 tsunami, has been removed. (Kyodo)

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Disaster-hit Otsuchi in April and June

OTSUCHI, Japan - Combination photo shows an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 6, 2011 (top), and on June 3, 2011 (bottom). The pleasure boat ''Hamayuri'' washed up on the rooftop of an inn by tsunami and a building have so far been removed. (Kyodo)

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Ship removed from roof

OTSUCHI, Japan - The sightseeing ship Hamayuri is lifted by cranes to be removed from the roof of an inn (back) in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 10, 2011. The sight of the vessel on the rooftop had been seen as symbolizing the devastation of the March 11 disaster since it was brought there by a tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami aftermath in Otsuchi

OTSUCHI, Japan - A man holds an umbrella in rain and searches for usable items on April 23, 2011, where his house used to stand before being swept away by the March 11 tsunami in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture. In the background, the sightseeing boat Hamayuri was left atop a two-story inn. (Kyodo)