During the hour-long drive from Ofunato to our lodgings in Rikuzentakada, we spoke with Ruriko Mori, a survivor of the tsunami. She told us about the extent of the damages at the time.

The pine of Rikuzentakada, standing alone. It is said that before the disaster about 70,000 pine trees decorated the area’s coastline.

Then we headed south from Rikuzentakada along the coast.
Kesennuma. A large boat has been carried along and is resting more than 300m inland.

The government disaster prevention facilities of Minami-Sanriku.

The last place we went to was «Funakoshi Ladies» in Okatsu-cho, where women design various accessories using inkstone.
An accessory made in collaboration with “Merci,” a select shop in Paris.

Locals are producing their works in the hall of a primary school that was devastated by the tsunami.

Broken slates: Artisans use these as a material for their creations.