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

I-AM-THAT-TIMESPACE @AmTimespace - 2021-04-06: @ck_eternity_ This thread makes me think of Pine water/tea.

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William Dean @PhxWilliamD - 2021-04-03: @EmilySEngland I also grow flowers. I have 6 purple petunia plants and I counted over 120 blooms on them. I use Mir… https://t.co/cvgwLirt4Q
ぱいなっぷる✨🍍😊✨ @yuzubestever02 - 2021-03-17: 💟#Purple #3
💜@nRbz3x69vEXuq6O/@KeiI09619802 #mtfuji #sunrise
💜https://t.co/o2Qgjn8Whr #miracle #pine #tree #iwate
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Yusuke Sase @SaseYusuke - 2021-03-13: @chrisjockey New video chrisjockey by Nippon TV News 24 Japan: Violin made from miracle pine tree https://t.co/VW1gt7LhmR #chrisjockey
CGTN @CGTNOfficial - 2021-03-12: 'Miracle Pine'🌳

The lone tree survived in a coastal forest flattened by a deadly tsunami on March 11, 2011, in Rik… https://t.co/OsWTpg3g2Q
CGTN Culture @CGTN_Culture - 2021-03-12: 'Miracle Pine'落叶乔木

The lone tree survived in a coastal forest flattened by a deadly tsunami on March 11, 2011, in… https://t.co/hkln5mbOEG
bittenapple @bittenapple - 2021-03-12: #Japan
Violin made from miracle pine tree https://t.co/0PLFYhsCFC
nippon.com/ja @nippon_ja - 2021-03-12: Violin made from miracle pine tree https://t.co/m1vDPfccsa
CGTN Culture @CGTN_Culture - 2021-03-11: The monument to the 'Miracle Pine,' a lone tree that survived in a coastal forest flattened by the 2011 #tsunami, i… https://t.co/PxVAd7w5ak
Jim M. Ballard @jimballard86 - 2021-03-11: A photo I took in 2013 of the 'miracle pine', the only pine tree to survived the 2011 tsunami in Miyagi Prefecture… https://t.co/zqHJiQUfv7
Mari Saito @saitomri - 2021-03-11: Next to the miracle pine, the one tree that initially survived the tsunami, is a swamp where families are convinced… https://t.co/M0iasR6QGH
ShanghaiEye @ShanghaiEye - 2021-03-11: This is the monument to the 'Miracle Pine,' a lone tree that survived in a coastal forest flattened by the March 11… https://t.co/SXe3lv5Sl1
kataoka_jewelry @kataoka_jewelry - 2021-03-11: The ‘miracle pine’ that survived the March 11th, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan was immortalized as a monumen… https://t.co/dD7NgTfM0G
AFP News Agency @AFP - 2021-03-10: Battle in nature.

Combo of a 10-metre-high tree, dubbed the 'Miracle Pine', in Rikuzentakata in March 2011 (top L)… https://t.co/lw4BsHcM7Z
在メルボルン日本国総領事館 @japan_in_mel - 2021-03-10: NAKAZAWA Muneyuki made a violin from wood salvaged from Rikuzentakata in Iwate and a twig from the Miracle Pine, th… https://t.co/7deHizMqu1
Aleta Wijaya @AletaWijaya - 2021-01-20: @smbynxoe Seventeen :
Home
Hug
Don't wanna cry
Simple
Hello
Campfire
Miracle
Sweetest thing

EXO :
Don't go
Promis… https://t.co/RhbV5VPMRC
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
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MiDo 🌍🌕🇧🇪🍓🌳🐾🐘📸👁 @Ladodue - 2020-12-02: A MIRACLE IN CHERNOBYL – STORY OF THE PINE TREE
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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