Miyagi's Moai omiyage

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Chile to replace tsunami-hit Miyagi town's lost Moai
Japan Times | August 22, 2012
The Chilean government is planning to give a stone replica of an Easter Island Moai statue created by Chilean artisans to Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, which was hit particularly hard by last year's earthquake and tsunami….
…Chile gave a Moai replica to Minamisanriku in 1991 to promote friendship between the two countries. The city was chosen to receive the statue because it had been affected by a tsunami triggered by a powerful 1960 temblor in Chile. That statue was destroyed by last year's tsunami…
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More photos of the pre-tsunami Moai (USGS)