The Meiji Sanriku tsunami, which struck 126 years ago, killed as many as 20,000 people. A stone cenotaph was erected in the village of Toni in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, to mark the disaster ...

The memorial project was led by Kenji Endo, 76, who was the deputy mayor of Minami-Sanriku at the time of the disaster. He was one of 11 individuals who survived the tsunami by clinging to the ...

13 years after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, a stage race is held on the coast of Iwate Prefecture, covering 130km in 3 days. We follow the runners as they learn about the area ...

The Sanriku Railway Rias Line runs 163km the length of Iwate Pref. in Japan's northeast, from Kuji Station in the north through Sakari Station in the south. The only way to conquer the rugged ...