It has been 11 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake struck.

A series that introduces the remains of earthquake disasters in various places under the theme of "3.11 Continue to convey", this time the building is preserved while lying down, and the "former Onagawa police box" in Onagawa Town, Miyagi Prefecture, which conveys the tremendous power of the tsunami to posterity "am.

The "Former Onagawa Police Box" is located about 300 meters from Onagawa Station on the JR Ishinomaki Line.

Eleven years ago, Onagawa was hit by a tsunami of up to about 15 meters, and the two-story reinforced concrete police box was laid down by the tsunami.

The wall in front of the building has disappeared, and the foundation has been exposed as it was immediately after the earthquake.

The surrounding area is a plaza filled up to a height of about 5 meters, and a panel with a photo shows the state of the town at the time of the disaster and the history of reconstruction with a lot of support. increase.



It has been maintained as an earthquake disaster relic that conveys the tremendous power of the tsunami to posterity, and is visited by a large number of people from inside and outside the prefecture every year around March 11.

A male university student who came from Kyoto said, "The reinforced concrete building is lying down and I realized the horror of the tsunami. My hometown is also expected to be damaged by the huge Nankai Trough earthquake. I want to be a person who can widely convey what I saw here and help with disaster prevention. "



A woman in her twenties who came from Hyogo said, "I visited there because March 11 is near, but when I actually saw it, I got goose bumps. I saw other earthquake disaster remains, but at that place. There are things that can only be felt, so I thought it was very important to be left in this way. "



《Onagawa Town Former Onagawa Police Box》

address

Miyagi Prefecture Onagawa-cho Kaigan-dori 1 Nobiru Kitayokei 56-36

access

▽ About 3 minutes on foot from JR Ishinomaki Onagawa Station ▽ About 30 minutes by car from Sanriku Expressway Ishinomaki Onagawa IC