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Toshio Matsuura | Four Months On: Reflections from a Visit to the Disaster Area Gallery

<strong>Toshio Matsuura｜from TOKYO MOON July 3 ON AIR</strong> Houses along the road leading to Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture. All household goods have been washed away by the tsunami.

<strong>Toshio Matsuura｜from TOKYO MOON July 3 ON AIR</strong> Houses along the road leading to Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture. All household goods have been washed away by the tsunami.

<strong>Toshio Matsuura｜from TOKYO MOON July 3 ON AIR</strong> Onagawa Fishing Port, Miyagi Prefecture. It is said that the tsunami reached even the high ground 25 meters above sea level.

<strong>Toshio Matsuura｜from TOKYO MOON July 3 ON AIR</strong> Onagawa Fishing Port, Miyagi Prefecture. It is said that the tsunami reached even the high ground 25 meters above sea level.

<strong>Toshio Matsuura｜from TOKYO MOON July 3 ON AIR</strong> Onagawa Fishing Port, Miyagi Prefecture. It is said that the tsunami reached even the high ground 25 meters above sea level.

<strong>Toshio Matsuura｜from TOKYO MOON July 3 ON AIR</strong> Onagawa Fishing Port, Miyagi Prefecture. It is said that the tsunami reached even the high ground 25 meters above sea level.

<strong>Toshio Matsuura｜from TOKYO MOON July 3 ON AIR</strong> Onagawa Station, the terminal station of the JR Ishinomaki Line...

<strong>Toshio Matsuura｜from TOKYO MOON July 3 ON AIR</strong> Three months later, vehicles and large amounts of debris are piled up everywhere.

<strong>Toshio Matsuura｜from TOKYO MOON July 3 ON AIR</strong> Three months later, vehicles and large amounts of debris are piled up everywhere.

<strong>Toshio Matsuura｜from TOKYO MOON July 3 ON AIR</strong> Food processing plants in Ishinomaki, stretching for kilometers, were also hit by the tsunami.

<strong>Toshio Matsuura｜from TOKYO MOON July 3 ON AIR</strong> Food processing plants in Ishinomaki, stretching for kilometers, were also hit by the tsunami.

<strong>Toshio Matsuura｜from TOKYO MOON July 3 ON AIR</strong> Where are the residents now?

<strong>Toshio Matsuura｜from TOKYO MOON July 3 ON AIR</strong> The fireworks for the annual summer festival were scheduled to be launched from this island, Nakanojima, this year.

<strong>Toshio Matsuura｜from TOKYO MOON July 3 ON AIR</strong> The devastation is evident.

<strong>Toshio Matsuura｜from TOKYO MOON July 3 ON AIR</strong> Debris remains in the mountains. The tsunami, which flowed upstream, is said to have crossed the mountains to attack.

<strong>Toshio Matsuura｜from TOKYO MOON July 3 ON AIR</strong> Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture. It is hard to imagine that this was once a bustling downtown area before the earthquake.

<strong>Toshio Matsuura｜from TOKYO MOON July 3 ON AIR</strong> Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture. It is hard to imagine that this was once a bustling downtown area before the earthquake.

<strong>Toshio Matsuura｜from TOKYO MOON July 3 ON AIR</strong> Sanriku Town, Iwate Prefecture. The "Hamano Misanga" (Seaside Bracelets) introduced previously are made here.

<strong>Toshio Matsuura｜from TOKYO MOON July 3 ON AIR</strong> The women who make the "Hamano Misanga." Each of them has lost something precious.

<strong>MONTBLANC｜Montblanc</strong> The "Meisterstück Rainbow House" ballpoint pen, a Japan-exclusive limited edition of 1000 pieces, will be released this September.

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Toshio Matsuura | Four Months After the Earthquake: Reflections from a Visit to the Disaster Area Gallery

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