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Tsunami-hit city library compiles victims' memoirs in English

Officials from the Higashimatsushima City Library (back) interview a priest of the Shirahige Shrine in the northeastern Japan city on Feb. 12, 2015, on his experience in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsunami-hit city library compiles victims' memoirs in English

A priest (R) of the Shirahige Shrine in the northeastern Japan city of Higashimatsushima tells officials of the city library on Feb. 12, 2015, about his experience in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MUKOJIMA SHIRAHIGE shrine

Worshipping one of the seven Gods of Fortune of Sumida, the Jurojin. This temple originates from the legend that Jikei Taishi invited the Shirahigue Daimyojin from Shigagun of the country of Omi in 951. It is the guardian of Terashimacho. The deity worshipped is Sarutahikogami. The building, which escaped fires during World WarⅡ, was built in 1864.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number24‐1‐0]