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Miracle Pine Tree

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The lone pine tree is called "Miracle Pine Tree" because it was the only one left standing after the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami that swept nearly 70,000 pine trees in the famed Takata Matsubara pine forest. However, the survived 270-year-old tree was later found to be dying because the salt water left in the ground by the tsunami damaged its root and leaf system, and the local government decided to dissect the tree into several parts for anti-decay treatment to keep it standing as a symbol of hope for reconstruction and the resiliency of survivors.

Opening HoursOpening Hours

  • Open 24 hours

ClosedClosed

  • No closing days

Price / Entrance FeePrice / Entrance Fee

  • Admission Free

Access / Public TransportAccess / Public Transport

  • 33 minutes from JR Kesennuma Station by BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) bound for Sakari. Get off at Rikuzen-Takata Bus stop, then walk 40 minutes. (BRT will be available from March 2013. JR Rikuzen-Takata Station has been out of service since the earthquake and tsunami.)

Address / LocationAddress / Location

  • 176, Kesencho Sunamori, Rikuzentakata-shi, Iwate, 029-2204
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JAPAN in JAPAN @Japanin_jp - 2021-01-15
Miracle Pine Tree

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#japan #japantrip #explorejapan #traveljapan #localjapan #instajapan… https://t.co/WRhXIAZqP4
Stafan Evgenii ☦️🇷🇺🇫🇷 @StafanEvgenii - 2020-12-31
@baqlavas Brother, don't forget the pine tree there is a reason it is there too. Nazis hung us from that very tree.
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Ann Albers @annalbers - 2020-12-20
I picked up a dried pine cone & ran it under water. Triggered by the moisture, it closed its petals, amazingly 'ali… https://t.co/kgRhLAWDXj
🌹niraliberalism🌹 @niralshah - 2020-12-17
Miracle Gro: The Pine Tree Priapists You Didn’t Know You Needed
Linda Rushby @lindamson - 2020-12-16
Xmas Plans: 'This year, it will be a miracle if I manage to get the house looking tolerably tidy for the catsitter… https://t.co/W439Oo05vE
Blue Smize @GIFfyLoop - 2020-12-09
I won't send videos, but I'll share this. When I was in my first apartment and so chronically broke that making ren… https://t.co/sgAzF8eJgu
Blue Smize, MA @GIFfyLoop - 2020-12-09
I won't send videos, but I'll share this. When I was in my first apartment and so chronically broke that making ren… https://t.co/sgAzF8eJgu
TREEmagazine @MyTreeTV - 2020-12-05
The miracle pine: Tree that survived 2011 Japanese tsunami before dying six months ago is rebuilt... https://t.co/V2oIbvsX6M via @MailOnline
Massimo @Rainmaker1973 - 2020-12-04
The story of the miracle pine: the only tree out of 70,000 to survive the 2011 tsunami in Japan being protected and… https://t.co/xe1PA6SITg
MiDo 🌍🇧🇪🍓🌳🐾🐘📸👁 @Ladodue - 2020-12-02
A MIRACLE IN CHERNOBYL – STORY OF THE PINE TREE
https://t.co/9vEFgCrPf2
MiDo 🌍🌕🇧🇪🍓🌳🐾🐘📸👁 @Ladodue - 2020-12-02
A MIRACLE IN CHERNOBYL – STORY OF THE PINE TREE
https://t.co/9vEFgCrPf2
Beth Cusack @BethCusack9 - 2020-11-22
Owl from Oneonta
Doesn't give a hoot
About some name
Media gives him
He's not some Christmas miracle
His pine tree… https://t.co/s6gwISrC1x
🌤ม่อนฮะยินft.พระมหาถังซานทรงพระเจริญ @monhayins - 2020-11-22
Spring breeze- Wanna One
Pine Tree - Wanna One
Hide and Seek - Wanna One
Confession song - Got7
Miracle- Got7
First… https://t.co/cEvsfo9cmv
🌤ม่อนฮะยินft.พระมหาถังซานทรงพระเจริญ @monhayins - 2020-11-22
Spring breeze- Wanna One
Pine Tree - Wanna One
Hide and Seek - Wanna One
Confession song - Got7
Miracle- Got7
First… https://t.co/cEvsfo9cmv
The Øracle @chriswerner_wl2 - 2020-11-18
@B52Malmet After all these fires it is a Christmas miracle that a pine tree of that size be alive, so there is no reason to complain at all
Honestyisthebestpolicy @HonestyWins00 - 2020-10-04
@thatonesmarty1 @294thMPCo @DiamondandSilk Except most of the pine trees need fire to reproduce!! So when the heat… https://t.co/PHjCoLhWbU
shana badr @shanalouise007 - 2020-09-29
Psychotic pine tree village 32960 fl gingers now glenny simmons miracle mile.https://t.co/hJ6VMMYYlN
anastasia @_StasiaXO - 2020-09-28
spirituality being a trend got y’all naming your kids lotus flower bomb saint sage miracle pine tree & I... gotta g… https://t.co/A68JWYVrxl
TimeSpace @TimeSpa84008180 - 2020-08-21
@DarkCarpet How ya feeling today?
Still alive? 🙂

I was introduced to pine needle tee but forgot about it until now… https://t.co/HW9w5Ilvzk
KUMAR. K @KkHimalaya - 2020-07-16
Miracle Pine wishing us morning, the only surviving tree from a huge forest that survived the tsunami ( Iwate Pre… https://t.co/Pf5lrfxjW5
𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚.𝐇 @GoldenHour_1787 - 2020-07-13
@subtanyarl Mau tambahin juga ah
VERIVERY - With Us
Sondia - 첫사랑
AB6IX - Shining Stars, Dance For Two
Wanna One - 1… https://t.co/DttQOft0GP
Peter @stampden - 2020-06-23
However, the pine lcould not survive the ongoing exposure to salt water. Through public donations, 150 million Yen… https://t.co/MCPaayHm0W
The Japan News @The_Japan_News - 2020-06-21
To mark World Refugee Day, Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, illuminated is famous “miracle lone pine tree” in light… https://t.co/9vXZJkgsoW
Carmen Chan @namibami - 2020-06-20
Truly have to stay strong & determined like this miracle pine tree. It is a great reminder and symbolism of how str… https://t.co/St67Awy3mA
shana badr @shanalouise007 - 2020-05-31
I don't play Jew trivia..pine tree village people HOA and miracle Mile idiots..I have no hot water..a.c a working b… https://t.co/3eFu0YZlwd
Secret Intelligence @karissalamaga - 2020-05-10
Japanese 'miracle' pine returns to tsunami-hit town https://t.co/FOxtghXWbr
SAIF @SAIForestry - 2020-05-06
Be like a tree:

4. Withstand the waters and others will look up to you.

This photo is of the 'miracle pine' that… https://t.co/fXee1BpWeu
Wizard In Black @anarchochaote - 2020-05-06
Mysterious dedications called him the Lord of Souls. T0 his worship belonged the drama-which has enriched the world… https://t.co/goRkodGxC6
History Daily @historydailypix - 2020-04-28
Of the 70,000 trees that once lined the shore of Rikuzentakata, Japan, only one remained after the 2011 tsunami. Sa… https://t.co/0kwD7hIw2V
History Lovers Club @historylvrsclub - 2020-04-28
The miracle pine - single tree that survived the 2011 Japanese tsunami turned into monument Iwate, Japan https://t.co/x3pVj12fMD

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