First meeting between the Japanese and Israeli research teams held in the Tohoku region, JapanJune 2016 The DIM2SEA research team in Sendai, Japan The DIM2SEA research team in Sendai, Japan Tsunami shelter in Rikuzentakata, Iwate region, Japan. The red line on the shelter indicates the height of the last tsunami The new protection barrier against tsunami that is being built in Rikuzentakata, Japan Panoramic view of the tsunami shelter and protection barrier in Rikuzentakata, Japan Remainders of the large pine forest that was destroyed in the 2011 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Japan Some more remainders of pine trees in Rikuzentakata, Japan The destruction inside the tsunami shelter, including one of the pine trees that was washed away the destruction inside the tsunami shelter In the background - the former building of the crisis Management Department of minamisanriku town in Japan. Some town workers survived the tsunami when climbing to the roof of the building On top of one of the hills being built near Sendai, as part of the protection strategies against future tsunami. The whole area was settled before the 2011 tsunami What used to be a residential area before the 2011 tsunami around Sendai, Japan The tsunami protection barrier that is being built along the eastern shore of Japan. Here - near Sendai Standing on the new protection barrier against tsunami near Sendai, Japan ruins left after the tsunami near the new protection barrier, Sendai, Japan Alarm box in case of a tsunami, left after the disaster, Sendai, Japan Electric pole that was bent by the tsunami Near Sendai, Japan with Students from New York who also came for a visit