THE MIRACLE PINE STANDS DEFIANTLY
“Located four hours from Tokyo by train, Rikuzentakata was one of the towns hardest hit by the tsunami from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. This town was ‘wiped off the map,’ with nothing left but one pine tree called the Miracle Pine and remnant buildings of the past.”
Tim Lee, Mississauga
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