In Photos: Ruins of Fukushima Pref. school hit by 2011 tsunami opened as public memorial
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People who performed the local "rice planting dance" in the opening ceremony for the disaster-hit Namie Municipal Ukedo Elementary School's official opening as a public memorial to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami tour the building on Oct. 24, 2021, in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. (Mainichi/Daisuke Wada) -
The disaster-stricken Namie Municipal Ukedo Elementary School, now a public memorial to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, is seen in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2021. (Mainichi/Daisuke Wada) -
The disaster-stricken Namie Municipal Ukedo Elementary School, now a public memorial to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, is seen in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2021. (Mainichi/Daisuke Wada) -
People perform the local "rice planting dance" in front of a new administration building for the disaster-hit Namie Municipal Ukedo Elementary School memorial to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, during the memorial's opening ceremony on Oct. 24, 2021 in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. (Mainichi/Daisuke Wada) -
The disaster-stricken Namie Municipal Ukedo Elementary School, now a public memorial to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, is seen in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2021. (Mainichi/Daisuke Wada)
