Never-Before-Seen Images of the Fukushima Exclusion Zone

The great city of Fukushima was quarantined when the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami caused a nuclear meltdown. Since 2011, the area was far too irradiated to venture into, let alone take photos of, but as the radiation diminishes, some individuals are looking to move closer to the city they once loved.

For Starters

There was formerly a road here, but over the past 8 years, nature has completely grown over it. All of these cars were abandoned before the tsunami hit.

Part of the Landscape

These cars are actually completely useless because they were trapped in the flood that stayed after the tsunami. Now, they’re stuck and the surrounding nature is growing around them.

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