I have spent a considerable amount of time watching videos recorded about the tsunami, seen truly horrific scenes which virtually defy comprehension, such is their magnitude, yet this video has more of an impact in so many ways! The utterly stark horror of what has gone is truly shocking to see, in comparison to how beautiful, vibrant and normal it once was! This touchingly beautiful film is also hauntingly tragic, and it stands as a memorial to what has been so brutally taken from this community. Thank you for taking the time to create this important historic film.
incredible before/after video! i still cannot believe the power and destruction the tsunami caused. Thoughts with all who lost loved ones and possesions!
The comparison between the old and new footage of the Japanese landscape before and after March 11 of last year really shows how destructive the tsunami was. Not many buildings left but I hope Japan will be able to rebuilt all the cities that were affected.
Unbelievable footage of before & after. It was just cleared out. So horrible. I couldnt imagine it. It just breaks my heart to see this & to think the people who lived there r gone. I dont know but its just frightening to see. I dont know how they r coping but they I guess have no other choice but to move on which even to me is How do u.
I am from Seattle. 陸前高田 - Rikuzentakata - is a name unfamiliar to me until 2011-3-11. I have learned much of what happened there when the waters came in, and my heart goes out to all who are affected by it. This video allows me to understand in a new way. The beautiful place had much taken by the sea, but the people of Japan, will make 陸前高田 beautiful again. If it's possible to prevent the sea from returning again, may it be the great innovative minds of the Japanese who will find the way.