Japan – one year after the tsunami

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Piled up debris close to Sendai airport. Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. December 2011 Andreas Seibert

A house destroyed by the tsunami, near Sendai airport. Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. May 2011 Andreas Seibert

Water and fire destruction. Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. May 2011 Andreas Seibert

Cars damaged by tsunami. Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. December 2011 Andreas Seibert

General view of devastated part of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. May 2011 Andreas Seibert

Police looking for bodies. Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. May 2011 Andreas Seibert

Mountains of debris. Rikuzen Takata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. May 2011 Andreas Seibert

Building destroyed at the Sendai airport. Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. May 2011 Andreas Seibert

Mr and Mrs Kanno, 60, found some photo albums, the only things left of their house after the tsunami hit their hometown. Rikuzen Takata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. May 2011 Andreas Seibert

The remains of a life. Rikuzen Takata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. May 2011 Andreas Seibert

View of the totally destroyed Otsuchi train station. Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. May 2011 Andreas Seibert

Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. December 2011 Andreas Seibert

Graves of unknown tsunami victims. Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. May 2011 Andreas Seibert

Inside a classroom. Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. May 2011 Andreas Seibert

Cars and boats destroyed by the tsunami. Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. May 2011 Andreas Seibert

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The smell overwhelms you before you even notice the destruction.

Swiss photographer Andreas Seibert has lived and worked in Japan for 14 years. He was in Tokyo when the earthquake struck on March 11, 2011. He saw the first images on television of the eight-metre high devastating tsunami in Tohoku region.