This section of the website offers simulations of a visit to the Miyagi 3.11 Tsunami Disaster Memorial Museum and the surrounding Kadonowaki and Minamihama areas of Ishinomaki City using drone footage and videos from 360-degree cameras. Watch footage taken inside the museum and get a visual overview of the exhibits. The information here may be useful for planning a trip to Miyagi or to show a group of students preparing for a school trip to learn about the disaster.

• 360°Movie: Walk-through experience of the facility
• 360°View: Full-circle view from a standing spot
• Photos from the disaster taken in the area covered by the map

• Aerial footage of museum
• Museum intro video
• Tsunami video

• Miyagi 3.11 Tsunami Disaster Memorial Museum
• Ishinomaki Minamihama Tsunami Memorial Park
• Ishinomaki City Kadonowaki Elementary School Ruins
• MEET Kadonowaki
• Tsunami damage photos

Miyagi 3.11 Tsunami Disaster Memorial Museum

• 360°Movie: Walk-through experience of the facility
• 360°View: Full-circle view from a standing spot

Museum walk-through video

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• 1Contemplation area Multipurpose space
• 2Staying safe from a tsunami
• 3Messages from storytellers
• Museum walk-through video

The story of the Great East Japan Earthquake is told through illustrative panels and videos based on the concept of “a place to pass down our memories to the future in order to protect precious lives.” A wide range of information is presented that includes how much damage was caused by the tsunami, recovery efforts, and the activities of storytelling groups all over Miyagi Prefecture. Click for more info

Ishinomaki Minamihama Tsunami Memorial Park

• 360°View: Full-circle view from a standing spot

• Memorial Circle
• Prayer Space
• 3rd Ganbaro Ishinomaki Signboard (“Hang in there, Ishinomaki!”)
• Shoninbori (Canal)
• 1-chome Hill
• Location of 1st Ganbaro Ishinomaki Signboard
• Former Kadonowaki Nursery School
• Location of former Minamihama-cho Kaikan community center
• Senkutsu Shicchi (Wetlands)
• Ishinomaki City Memorial Monument
• Great East Japan Earthquake Monument
  (Hiyori Kindergarten Cenotaph)

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This park was created as a place to mourn the lives lost, preserve the memory of the tsunami and lessons learned from it, and to express a strong commitment to recovery through the combined effort of Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, and the Japanese government. The third version of the “Ganbaro Ishinomaki” signboard now stands to continue giving courage to the local people. Click for more info

Ishinomaki City Kadonowaki Elementary School Ruins

• 360°Movie: Walk-through experience of the facility
• 360°View: Full-circle view from a standing spot

Museum walk-through video

• Exhibition hall (gym)
• Main school building (1F)
• Main school building (2F)
• Main school building (3F)
• Main school building (hallway)
• Passing down our memories
• Prefab houses
• Museum walk-through video

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The ruined school building is the only structure remaining today that shows the damage caused by the tsunami-triggered fires. It can be viewed from an outside passageway and shows the terrifying power of the tsunami and the fires it caused. The exhibition hall teaches visitors about past tsunamis through videos and the display of preserved exhibits. Click for more info

MEET Kadonowaki

Based on the concept of “Let’s connect through 3.11 to move forward for the future,” this facility, located near the Ishinomaki Minamihama Tsunami Memorial Park and Kadonowaki Elementary School Ruins, offers storytelling and experiential programs, and communicates to visitors how evacuating saves lives by highlighting the actions of over 100 people and the “chain of evacuation” that they triggered. Click for more info