Miracle Pine Tree

Information

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 Hours

Open 24 hours

Closed

No closing days

Price / Entrance Fee

Admission Free

Access / 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 / Location

176, Kesencho Sunamori, Rikuzentakata-shi, Iwate, 029-2204

Tweets

j2m2yy510 @j2m2yy510 - 2020-04-08: @bubbleduz There was once a 'miracle one pine tree' that survived the tsunami due to the Great East Japan Earthquak… https://t.co/yQbSeMvTP1
AnnaZ @AnnaZ - 2020-04-06: Also, TIL about this one of George Washington's fab Revolutionary flags... the Pine Tree Flag. Wave this banner hig… https://t.co/CxtTJM7310
Maria @Marialovessea - 2020-04-04: #ClassicsXX
Toru Takemitsu | Quotation of Dream (1991)
'Say sea, take me!' https://t.co/N5sqOd1uKA

#photographer W… https://t.co/a8aCHkiSee
kristen. @kristenjobarton - 2020-03-29: We shouldn't live in a world where some children do not get to eat if school is out. But it that is the world we ha… https://t.co/gzIxn8MDyM
sᴀʟsi @onmarkwayyy - 2020-03-29: @idolfess day 6-i'll try
day 6-hurt road
day 6- lettin go
got7 - 1:31 am
got7 - miracle
seventeen - hug
ioi - downp… https://t.co/Yi5btOVQx8
𝙍𝙖𝙧𝙖ᴥ︎ @yirenkiyowo - 2020-03-29: @idolfess Lil touch -snsd
Pine tree -wanna one
Magic shop -bts
Don’t go -exo
Miracle in december -exo
Tokyo Sonata @TokyoSonata - 2020-03-23: The miracle pine - single tree that survived the 2011 Japanese tsunami turned into monument Rikuzentakata, Iwate,… https://t.co/ieexJqLTn4
Zoe Whishaw @ZoeWhishaw - 2020-03-19: The miracle pine: Tree that survived 2011 Japanese tsunami before dying six months ago is ... https://t.co/6Q9z4TCTmy via @MailOnline
Massimo @Rainmaker1973 - 2020-03-18: 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/urfx3PifFl
Nami🕊 @meOngcat_ - 2020-03-13: @idolfess Got7 miracle, flash up, thank you, 1 31 AM.
Wanna one beautiful pt II, pine tree, hide n seek
ABC11 EyewitnessNews @ABC11_WTVD - 2020-03-12: 'A walking miracle:' NC 2-year-old recovers after being pinned under pine tree that fell through home, mom says https://t.co/acWuicMkHK
Dr. Dumbo @claire_rami - 2020-03-12: One pine tree of miracle, Rikuzentakata, #iwate It's been nine years since Great East #Japan #earthquake that cause… https://t.co/kvzUGnNK2e
atltreepros @atltreepros - 2020-03-12: 'A walking miracle:' NC 2-year-old recovers after being pinned under pine tree that fell through home, mom says - W… https://t.co/PppkIk2vnQ
Ryan Tollefsen @ryaninclass - 2020-03-10: There was a giant pine tree right outside my room on the corner of the house that fell over in Sandy, by some mirac… https://t.co/ejjO6ttQ2F
Juan Fernández @7uanF - 2020-02-13: Maracaibo edition:

- The Clean
- Beautiful View
- The Pine Tree
- Blue Lake
- The Miracle
- The Delicious
- Little… https://t.co/ElNVVOIOje
Juan Fernández @7uanF - 2020-02-13: Maracaibo edition:

- The Clean
- Beautiful View
- The Pine Tree
- Blue Lake
- The Miracle
- The Delicious
- Little… https://t.co/ElNVVOIOje
joe cottis @jcottis2 - 2020-01-12: If I wake up tomorrow and our pine tree isn’t laying on top of my car it will be a miracle. I knew I shoulda taken… https://t.co/1VH1Qu6x1L
ナカザワケヰシュウ @Nakazawadaze - 2020-01-09: “See a tree”

Our garden has a pine tree. Green conifer increases free.
Now it looks like almost circle.
But I kn… https://t.co/clgFM2IxlQ
눈❄ @sooship - 2020-01-04: @koreanthingy yang pernah bikin nangis: the truth untold, downpour, to my unloving self, to my youth, as we dream,… https://t.co/1Y5NxF3ZXY
Carol Beaugard @carolbeaugard - 2020-01-02: This tree fell across the road and these people pulled it aside with their truck and gear. A miracle they were in f… https://t.co/jAeoR2dOVH
Masuhiro Sato @Thomas_Hero - 2019-12-30: 'Miracle' pine tree cross conveys Pope's recovery prayers for tsunami-hit Japan city - The Mainichi https://t.co/EQuIMfRTZj
The Mainichi (Japan) @themainichi - 2019-12-30: 'Miracle' pine tree cross conveys Pope's recovery prayers for tsunami-hit Japan city https://t.co/Of1dCXUnAY
𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒶, 𝓀𝒾𝓎𝑜𝓈𝒽𝒾 🥓 @discardedbacon - 2019-12-30: 'Miracle' pine tree cross conveys Pope's recovery prayers for tsunami-hit Japan city (12/29 Mainichi)… https://t.co/Ff80YbK1Kw
The Mainichi (Japan) @themainichi - 2019-12-29: 'Miracle' pine tree cross conveys Pope's recovery prayers for tsunami-hit Japan city
https://t.co/Of1dCXUnAY
Pine Tree Recovery Center @PineTreeRC - 2019-12-26: No matter where you are or who you’re with, take a moment today to celebrate the miracle that is life! Merry Chris… https://t.co/7HPX2cSmvQ
Jon Ripslinger @YAwriterRIP - 2019-12-25: I nearly fall over when Hank carries a five-foot Christmas tree into my living room, filling the room with a deligh… https://t.co/17ODMx3GPX
Nin🐨 @starlikey - 2019-12-18: @idolfess Day6 - letting go, i loved you
Wanna one - always, pine tree
EXO - promise, miracle in december
NCT127 -… https://t.co/PaZTz0dtnH
Wild Steve England @SteveEngland300 - 2019-12-18: you wont look at your x-mas pine tree again in the same way,here is why,my column in todays @bristolpost in… https://t.co/2wSQvzwTOd
Robina Chaffey @bonkerseh - 2019-12-16: @KateHack1 @ScottMorrisonMP I & our mum survived a bushfire incident of 'crowning' by a virtual miracle. A swift ch… https://t.co/vhtJalOSPK
The Elderly Cartographer & Woodwright @TWoodwright - 2019-12-14: Rustic Candle Holder #2:
After watching The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2007), I was inspired by a carved… https://t.co/0a1KVX7S9p
call me nazell @nazlayaaa - 2019-12-14: @idolfess downpour -ioi
MID -exo
miracle -got7
baby don't cry -exo
baby -exo
apologize -ikon
beautiful -wanna one
pine tree -wanna one