Masahiro Oka was warned to expect the worst.A friend had told him that the scene at Tsukihama beach in the port city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeast Japan, was "sheer destruction."With the roads cut off by the massive tsunami, Oka arrived on foot in his hometown on March 12, 2011, a day after the devastating Great East Japan Earthquake. The sight before him was as promised: destruction all around."I thought that at least something would be left," said Oka, now 70. "All the homes were gone except for the foundations of the buildings."At a loss what to do, he walked through the ru…READ FULL ARTICLE
