Utatsu Station
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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 (southwest of the station) collapsed.
to Shizugawa Station
in 2009, passing Shizuhama Station
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
and most of the railway bridges the train travels across were partly or completely destroyed. The destination Shizugawa Station was completely obliterated.
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 Utatsu
Utatsu, Miyagi
was a town located in Motoyoshi District, Miyagi, Japan.On October 1, 2005, Utatsu was merged with the town of Shizugawa to form the new town of Minamisanriku, and no longer exists as an independent municipality....
, 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...
.
The blue-roofed station platform remained standing after 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...
, however the adjacent railway bridge and track (southwest of the station) collapsed.
Surrounding area
- Highway 45
- Utatsu Town Hall
- Utatsu Peninsula Fishdragon Fossil Discovery Area
External links
Utatsu Station (JR East) video of a train trip from Utatsu StationUtatsu 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.