Naoto Matsumura defied the evacuation orders of the Japanese government and returned to the irradiated area of Fukushima back in 2011 to save abandoned animals. He lives in seclusion with them to this day & needs funding ❤️ Donate here: https://www.plumfund.com/community-cro…/savefukushimaanimals
Anti-nuclear protesters gather at a rally in front of the parliament building in Tokyo, Japan March 11, 2017, to mark the six-year anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands and set off a nuclear crisis.11/03/2017-Tokyo, JAPAN
Any Japanese garden fans out there? This one is a beauty. This is Oyakuen in the city of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture. One of the kanji characters from the name Oyakuen (御薬園) means “medicine,“ referring to the medicinal herbs grown here.
Samurai of the Aizu clan started growing medicinal herbs in this garden in the 17th century in an effort to help the local people combat sickness and disease.
Oyakuen features a pond shaped like the kanji character for “heart.” On a small island in the center of the pond is a tea house which still reveals the scars of the Boshin War, when imperial troops defeated the Aizu samurai during the Meiji Restoration.
The garden has been designated a Site of Scenic Beauty.
Japan sure does present us with some amazing winter scenes.
This is the Buddhist temple Sazae-do which sits on the lower slopes of Mt. Iimoriyama in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture.
The three-story, double-helix design of Sazae-do is one that cannot be seen anywhere else in the world. It allows visitors to ascend and descend the structure without meeting those moving in the opposite direction.
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