Kesennuma City Memorial Museum (Ruins of Koyo High School)

A very somber and moving memorial to the events and people of 3.11. They've left the school with damage and debris remaining to demonstrate the size and power of the earthquake and tsunami. I strongly recommend that everyone visits to understand what happened.

Worth visiting museum showing the devastation of natural disaster and the hope of locals to rebuild their homeland. Staff are friendly, and there were short clips and leaflet for more detailed information. The building was originally a high school, and most rooms are left as in after the disaster, showing how the daily lifes of students were suddenly interuptted by the disaster. Transportation is not the best, as it is far from the closest BRT station.

preserved in its original state since tsunami to allow viewers to really relive what happened. A four story high school that saved the lives of those who went to the roof.

Heartbreaking, touching, educational, and a must visit. Personal firsthand survivors perspective, emotional interviews, actual before, and after photos, and you are able to tour the ruins of Koyo High School which allows you to feel and see the immense devastation of the 3/11/11 Earthquake and Tsunami. I will never forget the people of Kesennuma and their perseverance to rebuild and go on after such a life altering tragedy.

It is truly amazing to me that after the tsunami disaster due to Tōhoku earthquake 2011, Japan fastly recovered, learn from the past, and make a lesson out of it so this such mistakes won't happen again to the future generation. This venue is close to the shore, and there are very massive and high seawall along the shore. The surrounded area affected by it now become a golf place and it is good that they use for it instead of housings. They also keep the damaged 4-story school building to show, how scary and terrible the tsunami was. Many buildings, cars, houses, and debrises were swept away and struck the school. The remaining debris car in level 1 and 3, and the wall's different color left due to the high water level at that moment, are giving me the clear idea to imagine how the situation was. I couldn't hold my tears when the speech from Kajiwara Yuta-san was played at the end museum section. My condolences to the victims and their families, and for us and future generation, please don't ignore it and let's always learn from the past events so we can make our future safe.

A museum about the Tohoku Earthquake in 2011. The tsunami impacted this area. They were still building/developing the town from the damage that tsunami cause years ago. You can some of the aftermath of the building itself. The place is quite far from major stations/ bust stops, but to me the journey was worth it. The staffs were also very friendly.

This really is a must visit if you want to learn more about what happened on 3.11. It is a well organized memorial to that faithful day. The exhibition has both Japanese and English and you will walk around an old high school that was hit by the tsunami. Thankfully everyone at the school that day was safe after evacuating to the roof. It is a difficult place to get as the roads in the area still have not been rebuilt and there are very few signs on the way but it is definitely worth the effort.

The staff was absolutely lovely, and provided us with the answers we were looking for. Explanations were available in English which made the museum really accessible for foreigners. QR codes along the route to access translation in different languages. The angle is very emotional at the end with video testimonials of people who lost loved ones during the tsunami. Just be careful if you have motion sickness: the introduction video at the beginning of the museum uses moving images of the events that can give a headache. We learnt a lot, this place is very useful to educate people and remember the ones who lost their lives. Thank you for the incredibly important job you are doing, and all the best wishes to the people who live here and have suffered or are still suffering from the events.