Buddhist priests read sutras and hold service for families, at the shrine which stands beside Okawa Elementary School- a school in which 74 children and 10 teachers lost their life due to fatal indecision on the teacher's part on where to evacuate the children to after the earthquake hit but before

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Buddhist priests read sutras and hold service for families, at the shrine which stands beside Okawa Elementary School- a school in which 74 children and 10 teachers lost their life due to fatal indecision on the teacher's part on where to evacuate the children to after the earthquake hit but before the tsunami struck, on the 1 year anniversary of the March 11th 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Kamaya, Tohoku region, Japan on Sunday 11th March 2012.

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Location: Okawa Elementary School, Kamaya, Tohoku, Japan
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