Minami-Sanriku Crisis Management Centre

Northern Honshū (Tōhoku)


The steel shell is all that remains of this three-storey building, standing alone in what once was central Minami-Sanriku. It has been preserved by the locals as a touching memorial to the lives that were lost here. This whole area is being turned into a memorial park, due to open in 2020.


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