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Takada Matsubara Tsunami Recovery Memorial Park

Flow of the course

Previous stop: Start the Day with Sanriku Seafood Gourmet and Local Products

About 15 min from the previous stop

About 90 min here

Next stop: Face-to-Face with the Single Pine Tree That Survived the Tsunami, Inscribing the Symbol of Recovery in Your Heart

About this spot

A national memorial and prayer park established at the Takada Matsubara site, which suffered massive damage from the tsunami in the Great East Japan Earthquake. Around 70,000 pine trees once lined the pine grove before the disaster; now a space to mourn the victims and pray for recovery spreads across this location. The park includes facilities to convey memories of the disaster to future generations and areas that retain traces of the former pine grove, allowing visitors to feel both history and nature as they walk slowly through. Takada Matsubara Sports Park (the fireworks venue) is also within the same park area, so you can get a sense of the venue's geography during the daytime.

Tips

Just a short walk from Michi-no-Eki Takada Matsubara. Strolling through the park is free. The adjacent "Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami Transmission Museum (Iwate TSUNAMI Memorial)" offers free viewing and allows visitors to learn the outline of the disaster through exhibits (approximately 30-45 minutes required). When visiting with small children, choose your words carefully based on the content of the exhibits.