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.

The Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hokkaido ... The area off the eastern coast of Hokkaido to Sanriku is known as one where this phenomenon is particularly noticeable. The northward movement ...

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 ...