Kurauchi Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line

Kesennuma Line

The is a local rail line in Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company system, it runs from Maeyachi Station in Ishinomaki, Miyagi to Kesennuma Station in Kesennuma, Miyagi...

 in Kesennuma

Kesennuma, Miyagi

is a city located in the extreme northeast of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, founded on June 1, 1953. It wraps around the western part of Kesennuma Bay, and also includes the island of Ōshima...

, Miyagi

Miyagi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku Region on Honshu island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshu, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi, and became the...

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It was damaged by the 2011 Japanese tsunami.

External links

Kurauchi Station (JR East) video of a train trip from Motoyoshi Station

Motoyoshi Station

Motoyoshi Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Kesennuma, Miyagi.It was undamaged by the 2011 Japanese tsunami.-Surrounding area:*Highway 346*National Health Insurance Hospital*Kesennuma City East Branch Office...

 to Utatsu Station

Utatsu Station

Utatsu Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Utatsu, Miyagi.The blue-roofed station platform remained standing after the 2011 tsunami, however the adjacent railway bridge and track collapsed.-Surrounding area:...

 in 2009, passing through Rikuzen-Koizumi Station

Rikuzen-Koizumi Station

Rikuzen-Koizumi Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Kesennuma, Miyagi.It was destroyed by the 2011 Japanese tsunami.- External links : video of a train trip from Motoyoshi Station to Utatsu Station in 2009, passing through Rikuzen-Koizumi Station, Kurauchi Station, and Rikuzen-Minato...

, Kurauchi Station

Kurauchi Station

Kurauchi Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Kesennuma, Miyagi.It was damaged by the 2011 Japanese tsunami.- External links : video of a train trip from Motoyoshi Station to Utatsu Station in 2009, passing through Rikuzen-Koizumi Station, Kurauchi Station, and Rikuzen-Minato Station...

, and Rikuzen-Minato Station

Rikuzen-Minato Station

Rikuzen-Minato Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Minamisanriku, Miyagi.It was destroyed by the 2011 Japanese tsunami.- External links : video of a train trip from Motoyoshi Station to Utatsu Station in 2009, passing through Rikuzen-Koizumi Station, Kurauchi Station, and...

 at around 02:35, 03:55, 05:17 minutes, respectively, without stopping. Satellite photos (eg, in Google Maps) showed that large sections of track and railway bridges were severely affected or washed away by the 2011 tsunami

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...

. Motoyoshi Station was undamaged, Rikuzen-Koizumi Station was destroyed, Kurauchi Station was damaged, and Rikuzen-Minato Station was destroyed.