帰りたくて帰れない被災地は当時のままhellip; 遠くに見える市街地はすっかり元に戻っているのに。br/ 黄色い旗はふるさとへ帰りたい切ない思いhellip;br/ 最近やっと立った電信柱は、かすかな希望へのみち。br/ br/ br/ span class="small"strong福島かずえ/strongbr/ 宮城県仙台市若林区荒浜 2014年2月 撮影/spanbr/ _______________________________br/ br/ This area looks no different from when the disaster struck. People wish they could go back. But they canrsquo;t, even though the town off in the distance is steadily getting back to normal.br/ These yellow flags symbolize their longing to return home.br/ Recently they were able to install these telephone poles mdash; a small glimmer of hope on the road to recovery.br/ br/ span class="small"strongKazue Fukushima/strongbr/ Photo: Arashiyama, Wakabayashi District, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, February 2014/span