A white, weathered store stands quietly in a deserted area of Namie town in Fukushima Prefecture, an area evacuated after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.Inside the dilapidated building, shards of earthenware litter the floor and a wall clock remains frozen at 2:46 p.m., the moment a massive earthquake and tsunami struck Japan's northeastern coast on March 11, 2011.The building once housed Matsunaga Kiln, a pottery studio producing Oborisoma ware, a traditional porcelain made in and around Namie. Before the disaster, its store held about 3,000 items, many of which were later damaged …READ FULL ARTICLE
