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Progress after 4 months!

During my first visit to Ishinomaki in early April 2011 I wondered sometimes what it must have been looking before the disaster.

My second visit in August 2011 provided me with the answer in some places and to some extent. In short 4 months many places were cleaned up and found a new beauty. The abundant vegetation of summer also helped to this impression and many persons I met seemed to have found a normality again. The pretty bakery that had survived in the middle of the chaos was open again and I could enjoy a nice pastry there.

To be correct other places have unfortunately made little or no progress and perhaps will never be rebuilt but this should not spoil the pleasure of presenting some heartwarming cases of before and after.

Please enjoy!
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  • A mountain of wreckage around the Soba restaurant.

    A mountain of wreckage around the Soba restaurant.

  • The wreckage is gone but the restaurant did not open any more.

    The wreckage is gone but the restaurant did not open any more.

  • The parking of a super market.

    The parking of a super market.

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  • Some houses have been cleared already. Damaged applieances and soaked tatami mats are orderly piled up outside.

    Some houses have been cleared already. Damaged applieances and soaked tatami mats are orderly piled up outside.

  • This neighbourhood has been almost completely renovated.

    This neighbourhood has been almost completely renovated.

  • A mangled car body against the guy wire of a steady utily pole.

    A mangled car body against the guy wire of a steady utily pole.

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  • The cars of the residents in these house all piled up in the children playground.

    The cars of the residents in these house all piled up in the children playground.

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  • Just below the hill a mountain of wreckage.

    Just below the hill a mountain of wreckage.

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  • Before a pile of mangled cars/

    Before a pile of mangled cars/

  • After the playground for children.

    After the playground for children.

  • Surrounded by debris this cute bakery has survived quite intact.

    Surrounded by debris this cute bakery has survived quite intact.

  • The bakery is up again in business!

    The bakery is up again in business!

  • How to ever get into this building again?

    How to ever get into this building again?

  • All clean an re-opened.

    All clean an re-opened.

  • This factory had the walls blown out.

    This factory had the walls blown out.

  • Some progress under way.

    Some progress under way.

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    Before a pile of mangled cars/
    After the playground for children.