Elderly residents of Minami-Soma town enjoy a show to help them cope with stress, post March2011 tsunami disaster, Japan.

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Elderly residents of Minami-Soma town, on the border of the 20km Fukushima nuclear exclusion zone, are treated to a display of song and dance, coffee and cakes organised by Buddhist monks in a programme run by Buddhist priest Taiou Kaneda called "Cafe De Monk" - aimed at helping the residents to relax and to discuss the anxieties and fears they hold, in Ganokuji Temple, in Minami-Soma, Japan, on Sunday 5th February 2012.

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Location: Minami-Soma, Tohoku, Japan
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