Matsuiwa 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, 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 badly damaged or destroyed in the 2011 Japanese tsunami.

External links

Matsuiwa Station (JR East) video of a train trip from Minami-Kesennuma Station

Minami-Kesennuma Station

Minami-Kesennuma Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan.It is the rapid express "Minami-Sanriku" stop station for Sendai.Minami-Kesennuma Station was almost completely destroyed in the 2011 Japanese tsunami....

 to Rikuzen-Hashikami Station

Rikuzen-Hashikami Station

is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Kesennuma, Miyagi.It was undamaged by the 2011 Japanese tsunami.- External links : video of a train trip from Minami-Kesennuma Station to Rikuzen-Hashikami Station in 2009, passing through Matsuiwa Station and Saichi Station without stopping at around 03:05...

 in 2009, passing through Matsuiwa Station and Saichi Station

Saichi Station

Saichi Station is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Kesennuma, Miyagi.It was badly damaged or destroyed in the 2011 Japanese tsunami....

 without stopping at around 03:05 minutes and 05:05 minutes, respectively. Satellite photos (e.g., 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...

. Minami-Kesennuma Station, Matsuiwa Station and Saichi Station were all badly damaged or destroyed.