Upcoming Tokyo photo exhibition to convey scars of 2011 quake disaster
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This 2013 photo shows radioactive materials on a slipper from the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie, which was evacuated after the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant disaster. The white spots in the photo indicate the presence of radioactive cesium and other materials, visualized on large-format film after the slipper was exposed to it for two months. (Photo by Takashi Morizumi)
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Cherry blossoms are seen in full bloom at temporary residences in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Date that house evacuees from the town of Iitate in the prefecture, on April 15, 2013. (Photo by Naomi Toyoda)
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Graves for unidentified victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake disasters are seen in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 3, 2011. (Photo by Tsuneo Enari)
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Armored horses race as part of the Soma Nomaoi festival in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 29, 2012. The festival dates back around 1,000 years. After the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant disaster, it was said it would be difficult to resume the festival, but it was held in its usual place the following year. (Photo by Hinata Haga)
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The radiation coming from a glove from the Fukushima Prefecture village of Iitate that was exposed to a large-format film for a long period is seen in this 2013 photo. The photographer had wanted to take photos like this in order to make radiation from the Fukushima disaster more visible to people. (Photo by Takashi Morizumi)
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A prefectural police officer conducts a search for missing victims in the Ukedo district of the town of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, 6 km from the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, on April 15, 2011. (Photo by Ko Sasaki)
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Unable to use their cars due to a gasoline shortage, people walk to get food and water, in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 17, 2011. (Photo by Kazuma Momoi)
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Steam is seen rising from an exhaust pipe of the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, in what appears to be the result of work to vent the reactor, in this photo taken from an aircraft at 2:40 p.m. on March 12, 2011. (Photo by Bon Ishikawa)
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A member of the Japan Self-Defense Forces searches cars destroyed by tsunami and fire for missing victims, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 26, 2011. (Photo by Kuni Takahashi)
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A crater-like pond of water is seen in a field of destruction stretching as far as the eye can see, in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on May 7, 2011. The surrounding city vanished with barely a trace -- a testimony to the power of the tsunami. While incredibly difficult to imagine, this area was once part of of a quiet, peaceful city. (Photo by Keisuke Kumakiri)
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The coast in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, is seen on the evening of Aug. 20, 2011, the 162th day after the tsunami. (Photo by Eikoh Hosoe)
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Large fishing boats that were carried by the tsunami into the downtown area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, are seen on April 27, 2011. (Photo by Kazuyoshi Nomachi)
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Workers in radiation suits shovel dirt in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 6, 2012. (Photo by Bunyou Ishikawa)
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Mitsuaki Noda, left, looks down through an underwater viewer to locate sea urchins in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on June 20, 2014. Having lost his home to the Great East Japan Earthquake tsunami, he was still living in temporary housing at the time this photo was taken, and said that he was not feeling so well cooped up there like a "little bird in a cage." (Photo by Jin Akutagawa)