submerged streets
Ohtsuchi, Iwate

One might say this is a beautiful scene. Yes, it surely is, unless you did not have the least chance to help your wife and kids during the immense tidal wave attack or have lost your home and job at the same time right after the quake or killed tens or hundreds of good people under your responsibility. Or maybe the sky and the sea and mountains are always beautiful just because they are far beyond our control. Yes, we had to learn. We were so small, too small, desperately small.