Despite warnings of radioactivity in the area, surfers still visit Tairatoyoma beach, once a popular surf spot. While documenting decontamination efforts in the abandoned towns, photographer Eric Lafforgue, sighted the surfers in the water.
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Surfers, wearing nothing but their wetsuits, stay in the water for hours at a time and sometimes swallow it too.
Meanwhile, men on the beach are continuing their tedious work of removing sand bags labeled as radioactive waste. Lafforgue said:
“They [surfers] say their passion is bigger than the risks and the truth will only be known in 20 years.”
Read more with photos at Japanese Surfers Risk Their Lives to Surf Near the Fukushima Nuclear Zone
