Minami-Kesennuma Station (南気仙沼駅) is located on the JR Kesennuma Line

Kesennuma Line

The is a local rail line in Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company system, it runs from Maeyachi Station in Ishinomaki, Miyagi to Kesennuma Station in Kesennuma, Miyagi...

 in Kesennuma, Miyagi

Miyagi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku Region on Honshu island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshu, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi, and became the...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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It is the rapid express "Minami-Sanriku" stop station for Sendai.

Minami-Kesennuma Station was almost completely destroyed in the 2011 Japanese tsunami.

History

• February 11, 1957: Station begins operation.
• March 11, 2011: The station was "swept away" save for its platform by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
  2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
  The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...
  
  ; anecdotal evidence suggests severe damage to the line as well as other coastal lines (including the Ishinomaki Line
  Ishinomaki Line
  The is a rail line in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company system, it runs from Kogota Station in Misato to Onagawa Station in Onagawa, acting as a spur line from the Tōhoku Main Line to the central coast of Miyagi Prefecture...
  
   and Senseki Line
  Senseki Line
  The is a rail line in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company system, it runs from Aoba-dōri Station in Sendai to Ishinomaki Station in Ishinomaki, and provides access to the central coast areas of Miyagi Prefecture, significantly the Matsushima area...
  
  ).

External links

Minami-Kesennuma Station (JR East) video of a train trip from Kesennuma Station

Kesennuma Station

Kesennuma Station is a train station in central Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan. It forms the junction of the JR East Ōfunato and Kesennuma lines...

 to Minami-Kesennuma Station in 2009, passing through Fudōnosawa Station

Fudonosawa Station

Fudōnosawa Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Kesennuma, Miyagi.The station was undamaged in the 2011 Japanese tsunami....

 at around 03:25 minutes without stopping. Satellite photos (eg, in Google Maps) showed that sections of track near Minami-Kesennuma Station were severely affected by the 2011 tsunami

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...

. Kesennuma Station and Fudōnosawa Station were undamaged. video of a train trip from Minami-Kesennuma Station to Rikuzen-Hashikami Station

Rikuzen-Hashikami Station

is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Kesennuma, Miyagi.It was undamaged by the 2011 Japanese tsunami.- External links : video of a train trip from Minami-Kesennuma Station to Rikuzen-Hashikami Station in 2009, passing through Matsuiwa Station and Saichi Station without stopping at around 03:05...

 in 2009, passing through Matsuiwa Station

Matsuiwa Station

Matsuiwa Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Kesennuma, Miyagi.It was badly damaged or destroyed in the 2011 Japanese tsunami....

 and Saichi Station

Saichi Station

Saichi Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Kesennuma, Miyagi.It was badly damaged or destroyed in the 2011 Japanese tsunami....

 without stopping at around 03:05 minutes and 05:05 minutes, respectively. Satellite photos (eg, in Google Maps) showed that large sections of track and railway bridges were severely affected or washed away by the 2011 tsunami

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...

. Minami-Kesennuma Station, Matsuiwa Station and Saichi Station were all badly damaged or destroyed.