Amazingly the arch is still standing

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Amazingly the arch is still standing

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Photo 1.JPG
Photo 2.JPG
Amazingly the arch is still standing :yikes:
What in the world is it made of? :confused3:
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According to Snopes the second photo is not Nagasaki, but Kozuchi.

Nagasaki is in the far SE of Japan, a long way from where the tsunami hit (the NW).

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Thank you Bowlie
Still amazing that both of these arches where able to withstand such devastation with little to no apparent damage.

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In Japan those Shinto arches are ... ubiquitous. You see them everywhere. Having two survive major disasters is probably well within the laws of probability - or, perhaps, shows the power of kami-no-michi gods!