Tokuo Hayakawa, a 76-year-old Buddhist priest who returned to his 600-year-old family temple in Naraha in September 2015 when the evacuation order was lifted, shows photos of his grandson as he speaks to Reuters at his temple in Naraha, Fukushima prefecture, Japan February 11, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
NARAHA (Reuters) - Tokuo Hayakawa carries a dosimeter around with him at his 600-year-old temple in Naraha, the first town in the Fukushima "exclusion zone" to fully reopen since Japan's March 2011 catastrophe. Badges declaring "No to nuclear power" adorn his black Buddhist robe.(For a video of 'Fukushima refugees face a bleak return home' click http://www.reuters.tv/Bus/2016/03/03/inside-fukushima-s-first-town-to-reopen)
Hayakawa is one of the few residents to return to this agricultural town since it began welcoming back nuclear refugees five months ago.
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