Japan Tsunami Debris Arrives on Molokai

A giant light bulb, a plastic skip and a plastic gas tank, all with Japanese writing on them. 

The Molokai Dispatch has this story about residents finding barnacle-encrusted tsunami debris washing up on the beaches in Kaunakakai: 

Kaunakakai resident Dane Christopher and his dogs Pua, Chance and Tonka were going on their daily walk on the beach along Kaunakakai pier last week when they found something unusual: a giant, barnacle-crusted light bulb. The end of the fully-intact bulb was marked “500 W.” The rest of the markings were in Japanese.

While finding objects from Japan on Hawaii’s shores is nothing new, Hawaii residents have been reporting an influx of debris that officials believe to be from the tsunami in Japan in March 2011.

… Christopher is one of several Molokai residents who have recently found debris marked with Japanese characters.