Ten years after a tsunami devastated coastal Japan, a hiking trail is helping locals reclaim the coast and heal from tragedy.

After two days hiking along Japan's rugged north-eastern coast, my son and I had just enough energy left to run down to Aketo Beach, rip off our shoes and socks and Go wading in the chilly Pacific.

Standing in the sea, the light just beginning to fade, we heard nothing except the gentle lapping of shin-high waves. A few seagulls aside, the beach was all ours. But back across the grey stretch of sand was a reminder that nature wasn't always this calm: a mangled chunk of seawall with a written dedication remained as a memorial to the horrors that unfolded here just 10 years earlier.

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