Cherry trees to mark tsunami line

[homasse]

Cherry trees to mark tsunami line
Volunteers in Rikuzentakata plant a living warning for future generations

Residents of the tsunami-ravaged coastal city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, have launched a project to plant cherry trees marking the points where the waves reached March 11 to warn future generations about a repeat of the catastrophe.

Comments

[jettakd]

This is a really beautiful gesture :)

[brewsternorth]

Useful, too. There was an article in a previous National Geographic that pointed out that these sorts of natural disasters happen sufficiently far apart that it's not always easy for people to remember the sort of impact they have. This is a tangible memory as well as a thing of beauty.

[fickery]

This is such a cool idea on so many levels. When they bloom a few years from now, the pictures are going to be incredible.

[sakuraberries]

This is so incredible. I can't wait until the trees are grown and in full bloom.

[alryssa]

Wonderful idea. It'll be both beautiful and poignant.