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Visiting the 3.11 Tsunami Memorial in Rikuzentakata: Remembering the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Miracle Pine
3.11 Japan, Disaster Heritage, Earthquake Remembrance, Great East Japan Earthquake, Iwate travel, Japan disaster tourism, Japan earthquake history, Miracle Pine Tree, Natural disaster education, Rikuzentakata, Tohoku recovery, Tohoku travel, Tsunami awareness, Tsunami Memorial Museum
Visiting the 3.11 Tsunami Memorial in Rikuzentakata: Remembering the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Miracle Pine Iwate Tsunami Memorial Museum During my onsen-focused trip around Japan, I chose to travel through the Sanriku coast—a region not known for hot springs—because I wanted to witness the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake firsthand. The earthquake struck at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2011, originating about 130km southeast of the Oshika Peninsula in Miyagi Prefecture, at a depth of around 24km. Like many people, I only knew the disaster through news and the internet. In the rain, I went ...