001, 0251, 242  – Seiichi Kato, who lives in a tent on his favorite surfing beach, says the members of his surf club, all of whom survived the tsunami, have been cleaning the beach in order to overcome the grief of losing many friends in the Higashima-Matsushima area. But they are still too afraid to go back in the water.

Seiichi Kato, left, Jun Ohyama, center, and Shinji Yasuda, right, say the members of their surf club, all of whom survived the tsunami, have been cleaning the beach in order to overcome the grief of losing many friends in the Higashima-Matsushima area