Two beaches on Japan's northeastern coast, devastated by a massive tsunami in 2011, opened to the public for the first time in eight years Saturday, delighting residents amid a heat spell."I'm happy to see this beach become bustling again," said Nami Aoki, a 48-year-old woman from Fukushima city, who visited Haragamaobama beach in Soma in Fukushima Prefecture with her 9-year-old daughter. Soma is Aoki's hometown."I wanted my daughter to play in the sea where I would swim when I was little," Aoki said with a smile.The beach boasted between 30,000 and 50,000 visitors during the swimming seaso…READ FULL ARTICLE
