Shizugawa Station
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Shizugawa 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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It was destroyed 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...

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Shizugawa Station (JR East) video of a train trip from Utatsu Station
Utatsu Station
Utatsu Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Utatsu, Miyagi.The blue-roofed station platform remained standing after the 2011 tsunami, however the adjacent railway bridge and track collapsed.-Surrounding area:...

 to 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....

 in 2009, passing Shizuhama Station
Shizuhama Station
Shizuhama Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Minamisanriku, Miyagi.The blue-roofed station platform remained standing after the 2011 tsunami, however large sections of the adjacent railway bridge and track collapsed.- External links : video of a train trip from Utatsu Station to...

 at around 03:45 minutes without stopping. Satellite photos (eg, in Google Maps) showed that much of the landscape visible in the video was 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...

 and most of the railway bridges the train travels across were partly or completely destroyed. The destination Shizugawa Station was completely obliterated. 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.
  • video shot from a train (facing east) in 2009, stopping at 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....

     and then proceeding to 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....

     on the 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...

    . Satellite photos (eg, in Google Maps) and aftermath videos show that virtually every building visible (except the very largest white buildings in the background) in the first three minutes, and in the final minute, were washed away in the 2011 tsunami, as well as the train track and infrastructure and both stations; buildings and track in the middle part were undamaged. Shizugawa Station after the tsunami
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