Unsure future for city in shadow of Fukushima nuclear plant

Hidekatsu Sato stands in the doorway of his gutted house and looks out impassively at the sea as it laps up against the harbor wall just a few meters away.

Born and raised here, he went to Tokyo to work as a plumber, then returned a few years ago to live out his retirement years.

"I came back here to die, and that's still my plan," the grizzled 73-year old said. "I'm not leaving."

With radiation leaking from a nuclear power plant near his city, he may not have that choice.

Image: Retiree Miyoko Sato, left, recalls the tsunami wave with a visiting neighbor on Wednesday.

Text and Images: AP