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The Gorn arrives at the Iwate Tsunami Memorial Museum in Rikuzentakata, Japan to pay his respects to those lost in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake of 3-11-11. No photos allowed inside, but it's moving and well done and worth the trip.
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The Gorn takes a look at the tsunami barrier wall that was placed where the town of Rikuzentakata meets the ocean - site of the massive tsunami that hit and overwhelmed the previous wall and forest that was in this spot back in March, 2011.
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The Gorn with a monument at the Takata Matsubara Earthquake Disaster Reconstruction Memorial Park.
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The Gorn with the ruins of the Youth Hostel, destroyed in the tsunami on March 11, 2011 and the "Miracle Pine" - the lone tree that survived the disaster that used to be in a forest. Experts speculate the Youth Hostel saved the tree. Since the disaster, the tree has been preserved as it was inundated with salt water and was dying.
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The Gorn takes a breather to remember the lives lost in the March 2011 disaster. Miracle Pine, Hostel ruins, and the tsunami wall are in the background.