in northeastern japan. shichigahama is another town. we have the aftermath. shich ga hamma, a place where the clocks have stopped. the time the tsunami struck, flattening this fishing village. the wave sliced off roofs, sleft this building on the roof of the car. this is one of the fishing villages along the east coast near the city of sendai which took the real force of the tsunami. i m standing in what s left of someone s home. just the foundations. the water pick the whole house up and dumped it behind me. all that s left is that pile of broken timber. the seawall offered little protection. the water channeled into an inlet, the force concentrated.