The Sanriku Railway Rias Line runs 163km the length of Iwate Pref. in Japan's northeast, from Kuji Station in the north through Sakari Station in the south. The only way to conquer the rugged ...

The Sanriku Coast was the area hardest hit by the massive earthquake and tsunami of 2011. Its restored communities are rediscovering their local traditions and the unique beauty of this landscape.

Once an alert is issued, municipal governments in Pacific coastal areas from Hokkaido ... that a magnitude-7.3 quake struck off the coast of Sanriku two days before the 2011 quake.

The tsunami, on top of leading to scores of fatalities along the Pacific coast, also forced many survivors ... while Minami-Sanriku in Miyagi recorded a 30-percent or so decline, as did Otsuchi ...