A school building here that was destroyed in a water-fire combination during the 2011 tsunami has been rebuilt into a disaster memorial.
The former Kadonowaki Elementary School is the only structure preserved among buildings razed by tsunami-triggered fires following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011.
Standing 1 kilometer from the sea, the three-story school building was submerged up to 1.8 meters in height and caught fire after being hit with burning debris carried by the tsunami.
Ishinomaki (石巻) is a large port city east of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture. The city has a number of interesting attractions, and is known for being the hometown of prominent manga artist Ishinomori Shotaro.
During the 2011 Tsunami Ishinomaki suffered the largest losses of life and property of any municipality as the tsunami inundated much of the city’s low lying waterfront districts and neighborhoods. From Hiyoriyama Park, located on a hilltop near the city center, visitors can look out over the affected waterfront districts. A memorial park with a lot of green space and a museum was opened in 2021 in the coastal district.
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