Ishinomaki

The bell tolling was the idea of Ishinomaki resident Benjamin Loh, a Singapore native who lost his mother-in-law and house to the tsunami.

In half of the town of Ishinomaki, it still looks as if the tsunami came through yesterday, not two months ago.

For the first part of our volunteer act in Ishinomaki, our task was quite heavy labor as removing sludge, debris or cleaning houses.

Ishinomaki, Japan (CNN) -- The grandfather sits perched on a hill, staring down at the shell of an elementary school.

But he is in tears, and he acknowledges it is going to take much too long before the people of Ishinomaki see any real improvement.

Japanese Self-Defense Forces cleaned the rooms at the Okawa elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture.

Nearly two months after the 11 March tsunami, many of the children of Ishinomaki, in Miyagi prefecture, still live in shelters.

Boys on bicycles struggle through the flooded streets of Ishinomaki, northern Japan.

Fishing equipment lies rotting all across Ishinomaki.

They wound through the narrow back streets of Ishinomaki.

In Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, a ship with 100 people abroad was washed away. Their whereabouts are unknown.

FKC operates production factories in Ishinomaki, Japan and in Port Angeles, WA, USA.

Around 260 fishing ports were completely destroyed, and over 13 thousand fishing boats lost in Iwate, Ishinomaki and Miyagi prefectures.

As far as the eye can see near Ishinomaki's city hospital, little debris has budged.

Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture 78 cm sinking, sinking Kesennuma City, 74 cm, 73 cm Ofunato.