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Manabu Sekine

Cosmos were protected by a fence to avoid animals. In the spring of the same year, the evacuation order was lifted for the entire village except for the Nagadoro.

Bags filled with decontamination waste were temporarily placed here and there in the village, and in 2019, the government started a demonstration project in the Nagadoro area to sort the soil from the decontamination process and use the soil with a low concentration of radioactive materials for agriculture.

A house whose inhabitants have been evacuated and are no longer there. The barn is visited by a variety of animals. The hares visit not every day, but when they feel like it. It may be hiding to protect itself from foxes. Photo taken with a camera trap.

Winter in Iitate Village is very cold. Japanese monkeys resting in the warmth of a tin roof. Some monkeys have started to break into uninhabited houses.

Wild boars are very cautious, but in the difficult-to-return zone, they are commonly seen even during the daytime.

Even though the villagers have disappeared, the rhododendrons still bloom beautifully in spring.

Eight years have passed since the nuclear accident. Radiation levels are still high in this decontaminated area.