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

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
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
PurpleSky @PurpleS31565997 - 2019-12-13: So if any of you out there read about cleanses or health protocols such as

- sodium thiosulfate
- turpentine (pure… https://t.co/zu1tiOp7e7
shana badr @shanalouise007 - 2019-12-12: IAM ok. I had to fight goony go goo Adele inbred chaves and trailer trash whores in addition to the perverted pine… https://t.co/1EKpIx9LDW
Rachael Harvey @rach_harv - 2019-12-10: I need to be horizontal on my couch watching Full Court Miracle and inhaling my Christmas tree pine scent asap
Bramble/Helen needs to lie down @winterbramble - 2019-11-28: bad: our big pine tree in our back yard fell down because of the intense winds today 😔
good: by some miracle it fel… https://t.co/4EfHHAQUw3
Japan Italy Bridge @japanitalybridg - 2019-11-10: A lone pine tree on the shores of Rikuzentakata City that stood resolute in the face of monstrous waves that destro… https://t.co/jj8mqrGXAF
Concerned Citizen @DanimalVIII - 2019-11-09: @dgvandusen @thistallawkgirl @ScottWalker Obviously, the baby Jesus invented the first Christmas tree. In a desert.… https://t.co/GAbY8SdOpM
R.A. Denny @RADennyAuthor - 2019-10-24: A fire in my backyard destroyed numerous beautiful trees including large white and red pines. I never knew the nee… https://t.co/zVFnzfnjov
sela, sese lala poo @thaiteaenthu - 2019-10-20: @idolfess wait
the truth untold
hug
climax
-
beautiful pain
miracle
pine tree, semua
i am you
semua. s e m u a
time… https://t.co/ZqZuwzaHBa
sela, sese lala poo @thaiteaenthu - 2019-10-20: @idolfess wait
the truth untold
hug
climax
-
beautiful pain
miracle
pine tree, semua
i am you
semua. s e m u a
time… https://t.co/ZqZuwzaHBa
sela, sese lala poo @thaiteaenthu - 2019-10-20: @idolfess wait
the truth untold
hug
climax
-
beautiful pain
miracle
pine tree, semua
i am you
semua. s e m u a
time… https://t.co/ZqZuwzaHBa
❄ ~10/22 😷 @guaza0807 - 2019-10-14: For every tyrant and tear, for the vulnerable
In every lost soul, the bones of the miracle
For every dreamer, a dre… https://t.co/W0gbfu0vYC
❄ 신엘레강스까까 😷 @guaza0807 - 2019-10-14: For every tyrant and tear, for the vulnerable
In every lost soul, the bones of the miracle
For every dreamer, a dre… https://t.co/W0gbfu0vYC
🍚 ASH 🍚 @ashbalnable - 2019-09-10: Yg ni konfem layan habis + lirik dia terbaikkkk :
End of the day + Why not me + Miracle - Yoon Jisung
Begin again -… https://t.co/G0Iei7AJOn
🍚 ASH 🍚 @ashbalnable - 2019-09-10: Yg ni konfem layan habis + lirik dia terbaikkkk :
End of the day + Why not me + Miracle - Yoon Jisung
Begin again -… https://t.co/G0Iei7AJOn