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Shrine gates washed away by tsunami to return from U.S.

Shrine gates washed away by tsunami to return from U.S.

AOMORI, Japan - Toshimi Takahashi (R) shows where a shrine and its two "torii" gates used to stand before they were swept away in the 2011 tsunami in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2014. In the center is Sadafumi Uchiyama, a resident of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon, who is arranging to return a battered torii piece bearing Takahashi's name as one of the donors that washed up on the Oregon coast. In the background is a new torii gate built after the tsunami disaster.

Tsunami-swept shrine gates to return from U.S.

Tsunami-swept shrine gates to return from U.S.

AOMORI, Japan - A smartphone photo shows on Nov. 18, 2014, a battered piece of a Japanese shrine's "torii" gate that washed up on the coast of the U.S. state of Oregon after being swept away in the 2011 tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan. The inscriptions bearing a donor's name, Toshimi Takahashi, and the date of his donation became the crucial clues to tracing its origin back to a shrine in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture.

(SP)U.S.-EUGENE-ATHLETICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 100M FINAL

(SP)U.S.-EUGENE-ATHLETICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 100M FINAL

(220718) -- EUGENE, July 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (C) sprints with Aleia Hobbs (L) of the United States and Marie-Jose Ta Lou of Ivory Coast during the women's 100m final at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 in Eugene, Oregon, the United States, July 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)

(SP)U.S.-EUGENE-ATHLETICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 100M FINAL

(SP)U.S.-EUGENE-ATHLETICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 100M FINAL

(220718) -- EUGENE, July 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Switzerland's Mujinga Kambundji, Melissa Jefferson of the United States, Jamaica's Shericka Jackson, Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah, Marie-Jose Ta Lou of Ivory Coast, Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Aleia Hobbs of the United States (R to L) sprint during the women's 100m final at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 in Eugene, Oregon, the United States, July 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)

Tsunami-swept shrine gate parts returned from U.S.

Tsunami-swept shrine gate parts returned from U.S.

Toshimi Takahashi (far R) listens on Oct. 3, 2015, to an official explain the process in which parts of "torii" gates at a shrine in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, swept away by the 2011 tsunami were found in the U.S. Pacific coast state of Oregon in 2013 and returned to the northern Japanese city earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tsunami-swept shrine gate parts returned from U.S.

Tsunami-swept shrine gate parts returned from U.S.

Citizens in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, stroke on Oct. 3, 2015, one of the two parts of "torii" shrine gates swept away by the 2011 tsunami and found in the U.S. Pacific coast state of Oregon in 2013. Returned to the northern Japan city earlier in the day, they will be repaired for attachment back to the gates by April 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Shrine gates washed away by tsunami to return from U.S.

Shrine gates washed away by tsunami to return from U.S.

AOMORI, Japan - Toshimi Takahashi (R) shows where a shrine and its two "torii" gates used to stand before they were swept away in the 2011 tsunami in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2014. In the center is Sadafumi Uchiyama, a resident of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon, who is arranging to return a battered torii piece bearing Takahashi's name as one of the donors that washed up on the Oregon coast. In the background is a new torii gate built after the tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)

Tsunami-swept shrine gates to return from U.S.

Tsunami-swept shrine gates to return from U.S.

AOMORI, Japan - A smartphone photo shows on Nov. 18, 2014, a battered piece of a Japanese shrine's "torii" gate that washed up on the coast of the U.S. state of Oregon after being swept away in the 2011 tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan. The inscriptions bearing a donor's name, Toshimi Takahashi, and the date of his donation became the crucial clues to tracing its origin back to a shrine in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture. (Kyodo)

U.S. West Coast wildfires

U.S. West Coast wildfires

Portland's airport in the U.S. state of Oregon is inundated with smoke from wildfires on Sept. 15, 2020.

Wildfires rage in U.S. western states

Wildfires rage in U.S. western states

A street in Portland, Oregon, is deserted as a haze created by smoke from the West Coast wildfires covers the area on Sept. 15, 2020.

Wildfires rage in U.S. western states

Wildfires rage in U.S. western states

A street in Portland, Oregon, is deserted as a haze created by smoke from the West Coast wildfires covers the area on Sept. 15, 2020.

People ready for total solar eclipse

People ready for total solar eclipse

People sell "solar eclipse glasses" in Sisters, Oregon, on Aug. 20, 2017, as people gathered in the west coast state to observe a total solar eclipse. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

People ready for total solar eclipse

People ready for total solar eclipse

A street in Sisters, Oregon, is crowded on Aug. 20, 2017, as people gathered in the west coast state to observe a total solar eclipse. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo