As towns in the quake zone go, Matsushima is lucky.
It starts with topography. Some 260 pine-covered islands dot its bay; for centuries they’ve made this town of 15,000 one of Japan’s most scenic places and a top tourist destination.
On March 11, 2011, the islands served as a breakwater against the massive tsunami generated by Japan’s most powerful earthquake on record (9 on the Richter scale)…
Continue reading this post on my Seat 1A blog on Forbes.com.
And check out the slide show of images from Matsushima.