It's been five years since a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan. Google has released recent images of these areas.
The Internet giant's "street view" function on Wednesday began offering 360-degree digital photos of coastal areas in 82 municipalities.
(Wakaba Ohkura / Google)
"We hope the photos will give people all over the world the opportunity to compare the past and present images of the affected areas and think about the region's recovery."
Viewers now can see images of the areas taken just after the disaster as well as those taken during the reconstruction process. Images of Namie Town, near the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, show damaged buildings left as they are. The town was designated a no-entry zone after the nuclear accident.
◆municipality 地方自治体、市区町村
◆designate 指定する、指名する
