photography: in the wake: JapanTsunami_Dambj_20120311_4793

Eight year old Hikari Oyama blows bubbles with her Grandmother after visiting a memorial at Okawa Elementary School. Seventy seven children were killed when a tsunami struck the school on March 11, 2011 near Ishinomaki, Japan. {quote}I thought bubble suits better for children rather than incense sticks [for a memorial]...and it always makes people laugh and relax,{quote} Oyama's grandmother said.

Eight year old Hikari Oyama blows bubbles with her Grandmother after visiting a memorial at Okawa Elementary School. Seventy seven children were killed when a tsunami struck the school on March 11, 2011 near Ishinomaki, Japan.  

"I thought bubble suits better for children rather than incense sticks [for a memorial]...and it always makes people laugh and relax," Oyama's grandmother said.