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Modern SitesSite Name: The new tsunami memorial tablets Alternative Name: 津波記憶石Country: Japan Region: Honshū Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Kamaishi (Iwate pref.) Nearest Village: Unosumai-chō 鵜住
Latitude: 39.329010N Longitude: 141.900560E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Pictured: The 8th tablet near the Hongō bus stop, near the 3rd one. The typical small pillar type with stone-bird on its top.
The first one was installed in the pine wood (39.32901N,141.90056E) on the shore in Kamaishi city, Iwate prefecture, famous for its ironworks (now suspended) which has a brave Rugby team, where a pile of debris is waiting to be disposed. The design was placed with a famous industrial designer, the inscription was too sophisticated, the engraved characters “ニ千十一(=2011)” which looks like Rune letters, are difficult to decipher even for Japanese people.
The second stone was placed in the playground (38.76654N,141.50703E) of Koizumi kindergarden & elementary school on the hill in Kesennuma city, Miyagi prefecture. I think the design and styling is more acceptable for the ordinary Japanese person than the first one.
The Lessons from the Tsunami Experiment :
To the people in the future,
On 11 March 2011 2:46 PM,
Tōhoku earthquake occurred,
and the tsunami attacked the Pacific coastline.
Koizumi area in Kesennuma city suffered a severe damage,
So many lives and houses were lost.
The lessons from the tsunami experiment are;
“Tsunami will follow the earthquake”,
anyway to rush away higher and higher,
“When tsunami comes, rush away individually”.
We wish to leave these teachings to you.
The third one was put beside (39.20900N,141.88519E) the old tablets of Tōni (唐丹) village in Kamaishi city. The selection committee for the inscription decided to engrave all the entries, 91 from children and 4 from adults.
The small 4th to 25th ones are in the same simple design with stone birds on their tops, driven on the tsunami reaching points around the 3rd one in Tōni village.
4th=A in Kerobe (花路辺) hamlet : 39.21093N,141.89709E
5th=B in Hongō (本郷) hamlet 1 :39.21169N,141.88843E
6th=C in Hongō hamlet 2 : 39.21121N,141.88745E
7th=D in Hongō hamlet 3 : ? (in a private garden, removed?)
8th=E in Hongō hamlet 4 : 39.20916N,141.88474E
9th=F in Hongō hamlet 5 : ? (in a private garden, removed?)
10th=G in Hongō hamlet 6 : 39.20974N,141.88110E
11th=H in Hongō hamlet 7 : 39.21075N,141.87720E
12th=I in Hongō hamlet 8 : ? (behind a private house, removed?)
13th=J in Kojirahama (小白浜) hamlet 1 : 39.20770N,141.87096E
14th=K in Kojirahama hamlet 2 : 39.20872N,141.86742E
15th=L in Kojirahama hamlet 3 : 39.20917N,141.86649E
16th=M in Kojirahama hamlet 4 : temporary removed? (beside the community house now(2015) under construction)
17th=N in Katagishi (片岸) hamlet 1 : 39.20177N,141.86154E
18th=O in Katagishi hamlet 2 : 39.20000N,141.86229E
19th=P in Katagishi hamlet 3 : 39.20793N,141.85185E
20th=Q in Arakawa (荒川) hamlet : 39.19321N,141.86203E
21st=R in Kamiarakawa (上荒川) hamlet 1 : 39.18877N,141.86188E
22nd=S in Kamiarakawa hamlet 2 : 39.18933N,141.85991E
23rd=T in Kamiarakawa hamlet 3 : 39.19148N,141.85759E
24th=U in Kamiarakawa hamlet 4 : 39.19320N,141.85144E
25th=V in Ōishi (大石) hamlet : 39.18035N,141.89256E
Their distribution is plotted on a map
The 26th one was set in front of Ryōri (綾里) station (39.05407N,141.79916E) of Sanriku Railway partially recovered in 2013.
Tsunami tendenko (=When tsunami comes, rush away individually) :See also our page on the Aneyoshi tsunami warning stone tablet, the most famous tablet which was reported in the western media.
Remember the catastrophe of Tōhoku earthquake,
Evoke the inevitable attack of the tsunami after the earthquake.
Rush away to higher places as fast as possible.
Never go back, only try to escape,
Save your life with your own effort.
Remember the tradition “Tsunami tendenko (implies “Never care about the others, only try to survive to be the relater who tell the catastrophe to the next generation”)”.
To hand down the tradition eternally, erected herewith this tablet.
On a lucky day in March 2013.
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