The town of Rikuzentakada, Iwate prefecture, was almost completely submerged.

岩手县的陆前高田镇几乎被全部浸没。

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For the people of Iwate Prefecture, it was long queues at supermarkets again.

岩手县的人再一次在超市里排起长队。

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UP A shallow river, five kilometres from the Pacific coast in Japan’s north-eastern Iwate prefecture, lie the remains of a town.

在日本东北部的岩手县，太平洋沿岸五公里处一条小河的上游保留着一座小城的遗址。

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Three thousand bodies have been found in Iwate prefecture, and 776 in Fukushima.

BBC: Fukushima workers in hospital after radiation exposure

In Iwate prefecture, where my father is from, I recall how the entire township would get excited about a summer festival.

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In the fourteenth or fifteenth century, when the people of Iwate Prefecture in the northern part of mainland Japan worshipped Mt.

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