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Signboard washed away by 2011 tsunami returns to village

MORIOKA, Japan - An official in Tanohata village, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, touches a signboard of a village-operated housing complex, washed away by the tsunami of March 2011, as it is returned from Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii on July 30, 2014.

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Signboard washed away by 2011 tsunami returns to village

MORIOKA, Japan - Officials in Tanohata village, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, view a signboard of a village-operated housing complex, washed away by the tsunami of March 2011, as it is returned from Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii on July 30, 2014.

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Train stops at station repaired after tsunami damage

MORIOKA, Japan - A train of Sanriku Railway Co.'s North Rias Line stops at Shimanokoshi Station in Tanohata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 27, 2014, as it reopens after virtual completion of repair work from devastation inflicted by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011.

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Tsunami-hit railway station resumes operation

MORIOKA, Japan - Shimanokoshi Station of Sanriku Railway Co.'s North Rias Line in Tanohata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, resumes operation on July 27, 2014, after virtual completion of repair work from devastation inflicted by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011,.

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Monument for poet Miyazawa survives tsunami

TANOHATA, Japan - A monument engraved with a poem by well-known writer Kenji Miyazawa stands amid rubble in the village of Tanohata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 22, 2011. The monument was erected in 1997 in front of Sanriku Railway Co.'s Shimanokoshi Station, which was washed away by the March 11 tsunami.

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Foreign teachers engage in volunteer work at shelter

TANOHATA, Japan - Two Americans and a Briton -- Victor Kochaphum (L), Kevin Blake (2nd from R) and Paul Dixon (R) -- clean up the kitchen at an evacuation center in the quake-hit village of Tanohata in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 19, 2011. The three assistant English teachers have been helping out at the evacuation center, where some of their students are staying, despite their families' request to return to their home countries in the wake of the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that struck the region March 11.

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Tsunami video viewing

TANOHATA, Japan - Evacuees at a shelter on March 15, 2011, view a video taken by one of them showing a tsunami hitting their community, called Tanohata in Iwate Prefecture, on March 11.

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Tsunami video viewing

TANOHATA, Japan - Evacuees at a shelter on March 15, 2011, view a video taken by one of them showing a tsunami hitting their community, called Tanohata in Iwate Prefecture, on March 11. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Photo (lower) taken on June 17, 2021, shows Tokyo Olympic torch relay runners passing the Olympic flame from torch to torch in the Iwate Prefecture village of Tanohata, northeastern Japan, while photo taken on March 14, 2011, (upper) shows wreckage near a railway station in the same area following the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami.

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Monument for poet Miyazawa survives tsunami

TANOHATA, Japan - A monument engraved with a poem by well-known writer Kenji Miyazawa stands amid rubble in the village of Tanohata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 22, 2011. The monument was erected in 1997 in front of Sanriku Railway Co.'s Shimanokoshi Station, which was washed away by the March 11 tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Fisherman in quake-hit Iwate Pref.

TANOHATA, Japan - A seaweed fisherman looks for his boat and fishing gear in the tsunami-hit village of Tanohata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 29, 2011, after the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)

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Foreign teachers engage in volunteer work at shelter

TANOHATA, Japan - Two Americans and a Briton -- Victor Kochaphum (L), Kevin Blake (2nd from R) and Paul Dixon (R) -- clean up the kitchen at an evacuation center in the quake-hit village of Tanohata in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 19, 2011. The three assistant English teachers have been helping out at the evacuation center, where some of their students are staying, despite their families' request to return to their home countries in the wake of the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that struck the region March 11. (Kyodo)

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Japan quake aftermath

TANOHATA, Japan - A toddler plays in the rubble in Tanohata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 18, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Quake aftermath in Iwate

TANOHATA, Japan - A woman removes mud from a photo album after finding it in rubble in Tanohata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 18, 2011. She returned to the village for the first time since the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)

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Evacuees use bathing facility

IWAIZUMI, Japan - Children from the tsunami-hit village of Tanohata come out from a bathing area of a hotel in the town of Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 17, 2011. A devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the area on March 11. (Kyodo)

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Signboard washed away by 2011 tsunami returns to village

MORIOKA, Japan - An official in Tanohata village, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, touches a signboard of a village-operated housing complex, washed away by the tsunami of March 2011, as it is returned from Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii on July 30, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Train stops at station repaired after tsunami damage

MORIOKA, Japan - A train of Sanriku Railway Co.'s North Rias Line stops at Shimanokoshi Station in Tanohata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 27, 2014, as it reopens after virtual completion of repair work from devastation inflicted by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami-hit railway station resumes operation

MORIOKA, Japan - Shimanokoshi Station of Sanriku Railway Co.'s North Rias Line in Tanohata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, resumes operation on July 27, 2014, after virtual completion of repair work from devastation inflicted by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011,. (Kyodo)

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Remains of 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster

Photo taken on Aug. 13, 2018, shows people picnicking near a wrecked seawall in Tanohata, Iwate Prefecture. The seawall -- which the municipality decided to keep as an earthquake ruin -- was destroyed by the massive tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in March 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo