Reconstruction in Photographs
See the affected region, as it was in the immediate aftermath and as it is today, in photos taken on the ground.
Iwate Prefecture
Kamaishi City
Status of Relocation of the Ryoishi District of Kamaishi City to Higher Ground

March 2011

March 2020
Katagishi District Seawall in Kamaishi City

March 2011

March 2020
Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium

March 2011

October 2018
Iwaizumi Town
Status of the Harbor Road Linking with Omoto Port in the Suka District of Omoto in Iwaizumi Town

March 15, 2011

October 13, 2020
Status of the Iwaizumi Disaster Relief Centre, Which Combines with the Old Omoto Station and Sanriku Railway Company Iwaizumi-Omoto Station

March 11, 2011

October 13, 2020
Status of the City Center in the Omoto District of Omoto in Iwaizumi Town

March 11, 2011

October 13, 2020
Kuji City
Kuki District, Ube-cho, Kuji City

March 12, 2011

January 9, 2019
Moguranpia Underground Aquarium

March 14, 2011

January 9, 2019
Kosode Ama Center, Kuji City

March 12, 2011

April 27, 2015
Miyako City
Hinode-cho Disaster Housing

November 11, 2014

October 13, 2020
Tsunami Damage and Restoration at Yado Port Seawall

February 28, 2010

April 6, 2011

October 19, 2020
Taro District (Land Preparation for Relocation to High Ground), Miyako City

2003

November 6, 2014

November 18, 2016
Yamada Town
Orikasa District, Yamada Town

September 18, 2013

May 8, 2020
Rikuchu-Yamada Station

March 20, 2011

January 16, 2020
Kujira to Umino Kagakukan (Yamada Municipal Science Museum of Whale and Sea)

March 17, 2011

November 11, 2020
Ofunato City
Removal of All Emergency Temporary Housing is Complete
- Nagahora Emergency Temporary Housing, the Largest in the City

February 21, 2019

July 30, 2020
Reconstruction of the City Center
- The Prefectural Road in Front of Ofunato Station

March 15, 2011

June 8, 2018
The Area Around JR Ofunato Station Immediately After the Disaster
- Restored as a New BRT

March 15, 2011

October 16, 2020
Hirono Town
Sea-Farming Association

March 12, 2011

October 26, 2020
Furusato Bussankan

March 12, 2011

March 23, 2014
Processed Marine Products Facility

March 13, 2011

October 14, 2020
Miyagi Prefecture
Kesennuma City
Maehama District, Coast Around Kesennuma Port

March 2011

January 2020
Coast Around Nakajima District

Unknown

April 23, 2018
Municipal Shishiori-Minami Housing

February 2017
Omose Housing Complex

Unknown

August 2016
Suginoshita Subdistrict, Kesennuma City

April 2011

September 2019
Minamisanriku Town
Omori Sodehama District, Coast Around Shizugawa Fishery Port

September 2015

January 2019
Kudanohama District, Coast Around Isatomae Fishery Port

July 2016

May 2019
Sakuragawa River

November 2014

July 2019
National Route 398, Shizugawa Reconstruction Road

Unknown

June 28, 2019
Shizuhama Shizugawa Harbor Road, Shizu Bridge

Unknown

July 25, 2019
Tomarihama District, Minamisanriku Town

April 2011

September 2019
Ishinomaki City
Coast Around Ishinomaki Fishery Port

June 2015

November 2016
Kami-Ogatsu district, Coast Around Ogatsu Fishery Port

June 2015

November 2016
Shin-Kitakami Bridge

Unknown

March 2017
Funakoshi District

May 2019
Municipal Shin-Numata Daiichi Reconstruction Housing (Hebita District)

March 2014

June 2015
Okawa District, Ishinomaki City

June 2011

September 2020
Okawa District, Ishinomaki City

April 2011

May 2020
Onagawa Town
Onagawa District, Coast Around Onagawa Fishery Port

Onagawa Port Onagawa coastal district

May 2019
Onagawa Bay Embankment

Unknown

Unknown
Yokoura District

Unknown

November 2018
Oura District

Unknown

November 2018
Higashimatsushima City
Katsugigaura District, Coast Around Murohama Fishery Port

April 2011

July 2017
Murohama District, Coast Around Murohama Fishery Port

October 2011

July 2017
Yamoto Seaside Park

Unknown

April 26, 2019
Kitakami Canal

Unknown

October 15, 2016
Oku-Matsushima District, Higashimatsushima City

March 2011

June 2016
Matsushima Town
Isozaki District, Coast Around Isozaki Fisgert Port

March 2016

July 2017
Hayakawa Coast, Matsushima Town

March 2011

May 2015
Rifu Town
Coast Around Hamada Fishery Port

March 2016

October 2018
Shiogama City
Koshinoura District, Coast Around Shiogama Fishery Port

March 2016

July 2017
Kamanofuchi District, Coast Around Shiogama Fishery Port

March 2016

July 2017
Shichigahama Town
Shobuta District, Coast Around Shobuta Fishery Port

March 2011

March 2018
Coast Around Shobuta District

Unknown

December 2016
Agawa District, Shichigahama Town

April 2011

July 2016
Tagajo City
Sunaoshikawa River

Unknown

September 2018
Sendai City
Coast Around Fukanuma Fishery Port

June 2011

October 2015
Eastern Sendai Area, Sendai City

March 2011

September 2020
Eastern Sendai Area, Sendai City

March 2011

September 2020
Nigobori Drainage Pumping Station, Eastern Sendai Area, Sendai City

March 2011

September 2015
Natori City
Coast Around Yuriage Fishery Port

May 2016

April 2015
Coast Around Yuriage Fishery Port

April 2016

July 2017
Minamiteizan Canal

Unknown

Unknown
Yuriage District, Natori City

March 2011

September 2020
Iwanuma City
Iwanuma Seaside Park

Unknown

March 26, 2017
Overview of the Tamaura-Nishi District

July 2015
Homes in Tamaura-Nishi 2-chome

February 2015
Terashima District, Iwanuma City

March 2011

June 2020
Tamaura District, Iwanuma City

March 2011

September 2020
Watari Town
Coast Around Arahama Fishery Port

Jury 2014

July 2017
Coast Around Arahama Fishery Port

Jury 2014

July 2017
Tobanakawa River

Unknown

February 2018
Eastern Yoshida Area, District 1, Watari Town

March 2011

September 2018
Kaikonjo Ichigo Housing Complex

March 2011

October 14, 2013
Yamamoto Town
Eastern Yamamoto Area, Yamamoto Town

March 2011

July 2020
Fukushima Prefecture
Iwaki City
Hisanohama

September 22, 2015

June 15, 2018
Usuiso

August 20, 2014

August 1, 2018
Toyoma

August 20, 2014

August 1, 2018
Katsurao Village
National Route 399 (Katsurao Junior High School Slope Collapse)

March 2011

October 2020
Restoration of Agricultural Land

August 2013

October 2020
Completion of Reconstruction Community Center Azalea

May 2013

June 2018
Hirono Town
Mouth of the Asamigawa River

March 11, 2011

April 2019
Mouth of the Kitabagawa River

March 19, 2011

January 1, 2020
East Side Area of Hirono Station

March 17, 2011

December 13, 2016
Shinchi Town
Nakashima Disaster Public Housing

March 16, 2011

May 1, 2020
Coastal Measures

March 19, 2011

January 1, 2020
Railway and Station

March 17, 2011

December 13, 2016
Kawauchi Village
Takadajima Vinyard

2020

September 1, 2020
Kawauchi Village Reconstruction Rental Housing (Machibun Housing)

November 1, 2019

Scheduled for completion in March 2021
Tanoiri Industrial Park

July 1, 2012

October 1, 2020
Multi-Purpose Commercial Facility (Yo-Tashi)

August 1, 2011

March 1, 2016
Kawauchi Kogen Produce Factory (KiMiDoRi)

April 1, 2012

October 1, 2020
Kawamata Town
Rice Paddies Reached Their Fruitful Fall

April 2014

October 2020
Reconstruction Center Commercial Facility "Tonya no Sato"

March 2016

October 2020
Restored Noson Hiroba

May 2011

October 2020
Bulk Animal Feed Production and Distribution Center Facility

October 2018

October 2020
Futaba Town
Futaba Station

August 1, 2016

March 1, 2020
Futaba Business Incubation and Community Center, Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Museum

April 1, 2018

August 1, 2020
Reconstruction Symbol Axis

April 1, 2018

July 1, 2020
Soma City
Karikishida-Minami Housing Complex Disaster Municipal Housing

August 29, 2012

October 14, 2020
Coastal Measures

September 7, 2011

February 12, 2020
Municipal Osu Matsukawa Line

March 1, 2011

October 1, 2020
Okuma Town
Ono Station

August 28, 2017

August 26, 2020
Okuma Town Hall New Office

January 19, 2018

October 14, 2020
Tamura City
An Agricultural Road in Yamada District, Sugaya, Takine-machi, Tamura City

October 1, 2011

March 1, 2012
An Agricultural Road in Yamada District, Sugaya, Takine-machi, Tamura City

October 1, 2011

March 1, 2012
An Agricultural Road in Yamada District, Sugaya, Takine-machi, Tamura City

October 1, 2011

March 1, 2012
Naraha Town
J Village Refurbishment

2017

2018
Disaster Public Housing

July 2017

July 2020
From Tenjin Cape (Coastal Measures)

September 2012

October 2020
Minamisoma City
Disaster Public Housing Development Project

February 12, 2015

March 4, 2016
Renewable Energy Base Development Project

March 12, 2011

August 9, 2018
Manogawa Fishery Port Development Project

December 7, 2012

September 14, 2017
Reconstruction Industrial Park Development Project

April 12, 2012

September 16, 2019
Iitate Village
School and Sports Park

2016

August 1, 2018
Community Center (Fureai Kan)

March 1, 2009

July 1, 2017
Namie Town
Ukedo District ①

October 1, 2011

October 20, 2020
Ukedo District ②

October 1, 2011

October 20, 2020
Near Ukedo Bridge

November 1, 2011

October 20, 2020
Old Ukedo Port

October 1, 2011

October 20, 2020
Tomioka Town
Sakura Avenue in Yonomori

February 2014

April 2019
Tomioka Municipal Tomioka Daiichi Junior High School

June 2014

May 2019
Tomioka Chuo Shopping Street

November 2012

October 2020