1. Tourist destination

2. Earthquakes and tsunami

3. See also

4. Notes

The {{nihongo|Sanriku Coast|三陸海岸|sanriku kaigan}} is a coastal region on the Pacific Ocean, extending from southern Aomori prefecture,^[1] through Iwate prefecture and northern Miyagi prefecture in northeastern Honshū, which is Japan's main island.^[2] The name comes from the historical region of Sanriku (or "three riku"), referring to the former provinces of Rikuō, Rikuchū and Rikuzen.^[3]

Tourist destination

There are the Tanesashi Coast, the Rikuchu Kaigan National Park and the Minami-Sanriku Kinkazan Quasi-National Park in the Sanriku Coast region.^[4]

Earthquakes and tsunami

The bays of this ria coastline tend to amplify the destructiveness of tsunami waves.^[5]

Significant events which devastated coastal communities include:

• {{0}}869 Jogan Sanriku earthquake
• 1611 Keicho Sanriku earthquake
• 1896 Meiji Sanriku earthquake
• 1933 Showa Sanriku earthquake
• 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

Prior to 2011, the tsunami history of Sanriku might have been interpreted as a story of progressively fewer casualties due to human intervention and planning. The 2011 disaster created a new baseline for analysis of regularly occurring tsunamis.^[6]

See also

• Sanriku Railway
• Sanriku, Iwate
• Tōhoku region
• Tōsandō

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