The No. 1 nuclear reactor of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima, Japan, in March.
Photographer: Fred Mery/BloombergJapan’s Wrecked Nuclear Plant Becomes a Tourist Destination
‘Dark tourism’ emerges in tandem with return to atomic power
Fifteen years after one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters, this part of the Fukushima coast feels stuck in the aftermath. Empty lots where homes once stood. Signs warning of restricted access. Convoys of construction trucks carrying radioactive dirt and materials.
And then, improbably, a tour bus.