Nr°25 Image of the day

Look at this miracle pine, a single tree that survived the Japanese tsunami in 2011. This lone pine was the only one from the 70.000 plants along the coast to survive the horrible catastrophe.
What a great poetic thought to turn this lonesome survivor into a statue in honor of the 19.000 people who died there.

Photo Shizuo Kambayashi

But, a few months after the tsunami, because of the exposure to seawater, the roots of the tree started to die too. Dedicated teams dissected the tree in smaller parts and the hollowed out branches were reassembled with a carbon spine inside.

You find this symbol of hope in Iwate Prefecture. Enjoy it in his solitary beauty and pay it a visit when you are in the neighbourhood. Ya, the Japanese neighborhood.

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