Tsunami-hit Japanese town gets huge Christmas gift
- Published: 25 Dec 2012 at 12.46
- Online news: Asia
A small Japanese town devastated by last year's quake-sparked tsunami will receive a huge Christmas present after a ship arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday carrying a six-ton statue destined for the community.
Residents salvage usable items from the wreckage of their former homes in Minami Sanriku, Miyagi prefecture on March 19, 2011. A small Japanese town devastated by last year's quake-sparked tsunami will receive a huge Christmas present after a ship arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday carrying a six-ton statue destined for the community.
The giant present crossed the ocean from Chile which had pledged to supply a new statue -- modelled on the mysterious carvings at Easter Island -- to Minami Sanriku's tiny fishing community after the town's original was destroyed in last year's quake-sparked tsunami disaster.
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