Unusually heavy snow continued to fall on Feb. 1 in northern and western prefectures along the Sea of Japan coast... [including] disaster-stricken Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture.
The city's “miracle pine tree,” the only one left standing among 70,000 that were knocked down by the March 11 tsunami last year, cut a forlorn sight as snowflakes swirled around it.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201202010022
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The city's “miracle pine tree,” the only one left standing among 70,000 that were knocked down by the March 11 tsunami last year, cut a forlorn sight as snowflakes swirled around it.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201202010022
http://silodrome.com/iwate-prefecture-relief-tee-by-palmer-cash/