Rikuzen-Togura Station 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 Minamisanriku

Minamisanriku, Miyagi

, also spelled Minami Sanriku, is a resort town on a coastline of wooded islands and mountainous inlets. The town is in Motoyoshi District, Miyagi, Japan. It has an area of , and as of October 1, 2004 the population of the area was 19,170...

, 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...

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The station was destroyed 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...

 and surrounding railway track was washed away.

External links

Rikuzen-Togura Station (JR East) video of a train trip from Shizugawa Station

Shizugawa Station

Shizugawa Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Minamisanriku, Miyagi.It was destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami....

 to Rikuzen-Yokoyama Station

Rikuzen-Yokoyama Station

Rikuzen-Yokoyama Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Tome, Miyagi.The station was undamaged by the 2011 tsunami.- External links : video of a train trip from Shizugawa Station to Rikuzen-Yokoyama Station in 2009, passing Rikuzen-Togura Station at around 03:48 minutes without stopping...

 in 2009, passing Rikuzen-Togura Station

Rikuzen-Togura Station

Rikuzen-Togura Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Minamisanriku, Miyagi.The station was destroyed by the 2011 tsunami and surrounding railway track was washed away....

 at around 03:48 minutes without stopping. Satellite photos (eg, in Google Maps) showed that some sections of the railway were completely 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...

, particularly near the departure point of Shizugawa Station and the vicinity of Rikuzen-Togura Station, while other sections remained intact.