Jagasaki

Rikuzentakata City

Coast

A cliff-top cape at the eastern base of the Hirota Peninsula. It is a sea cliff formed by five layers of hard sandstone and shale rock that have been eroded by the sea. On the west side there is a cave called "Demonose Cave", and on the side of the narrow channel between Tsurushima and Kameshima there are two blowing holes, the sound of which blows up the water column is loud, and it also serves as a good beacon for fishing boats in heavy fog. That's what it means. Nationally designated natural monument

Location: Otomo-cho, Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture 029-2207
Inquiries: Rikuzentakata City Tourism and Products Association
Phone number 0192-54-5011
FAX number 0192-54-5013
Website: https://takanavi.org/spot/%e3%80%90%e6%b5%b7%e3%80%91%e8%9b%87%e3%83%b6%e5%b4%8e/
Other: Parking lot: 10 regular cars

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Hirota Beach

One of the clearest beaches in the prefecture. It is loved mainly by local people.

Rikuzentakata City

Coast

Old roadside station “Takada Matsubara” Tapic 45

Tapic 45, a white building with a beautiful pine forest in the background, was an information center for Rikuzentakata City, but it was damaged by the tsunami of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The building has been preserved as an earthquake relic to pass on the horror of the tsunami to future generations.

Rikuzentakata City

Coast

Takada Matsubara and the miraculous single pine tree

It is a bow-shaped sandy beach that stretches from the mouth of the Kesen River to Hirota Bay, and was once one of the most representative beaches on the Rikuchu coast, but it was severely damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake. A forest of tens of thousands of red pine and black pine trees over 300 years old had been planted over a 2km stretch, but they were washed away without a trace. The single pine tree that miraculously survived has become a symbol of reconstruction, and has been preserved as a monument for future generations.

Rikuzentakata City

Coast