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