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Thousand years hope of the hill

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Thousand years hope of the hill

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Thousand years hope of the hill

Part of the hill was hit with a tsunami and it because a "Hill that protects life", in 2011 March 11th after the great tsunami, the hill was 10m in height and helped save the lives of 3 people, the tsunami at that time was around 8 meters, but the hill took the hit of the majority of the tsunami, naming it "the hill that protects life", it acted as both dampening and shelter, and will protect peoples lives for over a 1000 years to come.

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