Just came back from a two week visit to Japan and I made a side trip up to Sendai. I visited a school which now serves as kind of open air museum about the effects of the earthquake and tsunami. It was very sobering seeing what used to be there and what does and doesn’t remain. Thankfully all the students and staff there that day survived (about 90 ppl) as they were able to escape to the roof but I won’t forget it for a long time.