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Takahashi Masato treats the author to a shoulder massage at a Nagadoro hamlet reunion.
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Masato stands in front of the barricade barring access to Nagadoro. Members of the hamlet have special passes that grant them admission, but some wonder why it is deemed safe for them to enter the hamlet but unsafe for outsiders to do so.
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The crossroads at the center of the deserted hamlet of Nagadoro.
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Shiga Takamitsu stayed on in Nagadoro for a whole year after everyone else had evacuated.
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Prefabricated dwellings at the Matsukawa Number 1 temporary housing complex (left). People are still living there four years after the disaster. The complex has a noodle restaurant, run by a married couple from Iitate, and a small grocery store (right).
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Nagadoro hamlet headman Shigihara Yoshitomo looks toward the sea, which is just visible between a gap in the mountains. Many from Nagadoro blame that gap for allowing radiation to reach the hamlet.
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The community notice board at the Nagadoro crossroads. Attached by red tape is a plastic box containing a government Geiger counter.
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