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Sendai 3/11 Memorial Community Center

Facility Overview

Located adjacent to Arai Station on the Sendai Subway Tozai Line, this facility serves as a place to learn from the memories and experiences of the Great East Japan Earthquake and to pass down knowledge and lessons to future generations.

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Duration

30 minutes

2

Tsunami Evacuation Tower

Facility Overview

To enable residents to evacuate from tsunamis, 13 tsunami evacuation towers have been constructed along the coastal areas of the city. The visit will consist primarily of viewing the towers from the vehicle.

Note

Parking is prohibited on the roadways in front of tsunami evacuation towers. Please refrain from parking for observation. Please conduct the observation with due attention to safety.

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Elevated Road

Facility Overview

Developed under the Sendai City Earthquake Disaster Reconstruction Plan, this elevated road serves as a key component of the city’s multiple defense system designed to mitigate tsunami damage. The visit will consist primarily of viewing the elevated road from the vehicle or from the rooftop of the Sendai Arahama Elementary School.

Note

As the area is heavily trafficked, please conduct the observation with due attention to safety.

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Ruins of the Great East Japan Earthquake: Sendai Arahama Elementary School

Facility Overview

This preserved disaster ruins site includes the school building damaged by the tsunami, maintained in its original condition. Together with photo displays taken immediately after the disaster, the facility conveys the power and threat of the tsunami and raise awareness of disaster prevention and mitigation.

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Duration

60 minutes

5

Ruins of the Great East Japan Earthquake:Residential Foundation, Arahama Area of Sendai City

Facility Overview

This site preserves and exhibits the foundations of houses destroyed by the tsunami. To help visitors understand the scale of the tsunami damage, explanatory signboards are installed throughout the site, featuring explanations of the tsunami's threat along with photos and testimonies that convey the former way of life in Arahama before the disaster.

Pamphlet

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Duration

30 minutes

6

Arahama Memorial Bell and Cenotaph

Facility Overview

The Arahama Memorial Bell stands as a local monument to honor those who lost their lives in the Great East Japan Earthquake and to ensure that the memory of Arahama is never forgotten.
Nearby, there is also a statue of Kannon (the Goddess of Mercy), erected by the local neighborhood association. The statue stands approximately 9 meters tall, nearly the same height as the tsunami that struck the Arahama District. The cenotaph bears the names of 192 victims.

Duration

15 minutes

7

Minami-Gamo Wastewater Treatment Plant

Facility Overview

This wastewater treatment facility, which processed approximately 70% of Sendai City’s sewage, sustained extensive damage from the earthquake and tsunami during the Great East Japan Earthquake. It was subsequently restored based on the Build Back Better concept, enabling the facility to withstand disasters of a similar scale.

Duration

15 to 45 minutes

Ukraine

As a reference for postwar recovery-related waste management, we provided an overview of Sendai City’s waste treatment efforts and offered a tour of the Minami-Gamo Wastewater Treatment Plant. (Accepted as part of a JICA support project)

Bursa, Republic of Turkey

Under the theme of “Pre-disaster Investment in Disaster Risk Reduction,” we presented Sendai City's Disaster Prevention Plan, risk management structure, regular initiatives (such as public awareness and disaster drills), and disaster countermeasures for the water supply.

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

A virtual workshop was held to enable mutual learning between Ulaanbaatar and Sendai. In addition to sharing examples of disaster countermeasures, both sides engaged in active discussions.