Similar scenes can be found throughout the Tōhoku region, along Japan’s northeastern Sanriku Coast. For example, in the quiet rural city of Rikuzentakata, with a population of 23,000, it is believed that 5,000 of its 8,000 households disappeared in the disaster.
沿着日本东北的三陆海岸，整个东北地区都处在类似的状况。 比如在拥有23，000人口的静谧的农村小镇陆前高田市，据信有5，000到8，000个家庭在这场灾难中失踪。 市政厅和一家超市是唯一屹立不倒的建筑物。 靠近宫城县海岸的仙台机场现在更像是一座海港。