We offer two types of experience programs:
●Storyteller-guided tours where storytellers guide visitors around the Ruins and Museum and tell their stories about the disaster and lessons from it, and
●Disaster readiness seminars and a review workshop, which teach how to prepare against and respond to disasters
to groups of educational field trips, inspection or training.
(The word “school” in “school education activities” below denotes senior high or lower schools.)
●Please consult us if you need to adjust your time and itinerary.
●You can download our leaflet here.
Outdoor Plaza
Facilities
Outdoor Plaza (combination playground equipment; a drinking fountain; greenery; benches); dog run
Hours
From sunrise to sunset (open 365 days a year)
Outdoor Plaza: Rules for users
Avoid inconveniencing other users.
Use playground equipment and park facilities with care.
Report immediately if you get injured or damage playground equipment.
Preschoolers or younger children should be accompanied by their parents or guardians when they play at the Plaza.
Take trash home with you.
Take your dog’s waste home with you.
Do not unleash your dog.
Do not ride a bicycle or motorcycle into the Plaza.
Do not barbecue or make a bonfire at the Plaza.
Treat herbs, flowers, trees and creatures carefully.
Do not set up a camp or stay overnight at the Plaza.
Do not commit dangerous acts or cause nuisances.
Do not play catch or play with a ball in other forms at the Plaza.
No smoking is allowed at the overall site of this facility. Do not smoke here.
Dog run: Rules for users
Observe the following rules so that all users can enjoy themselves with their dogs safely.
【Entry restriction】
No dogs that fall under any of the following conditions are admitted to the dog run.
Dogs that tend to get furious
Female dogs in heat
Dogs suffering from infectious diseases
Dogs that have not had a rabies vaccination and a combined vaccination
Dogs that cannot follow their owners’ directions (insufficiently trained dogs)
Small children must be accompanied by their parents or guardians while using this facility.
【Notes for users】
Enter and leave the dog run with your dog and always monitor its behavior.
Dog owners are responsible for cleaning up after their dogs. Take your dog’s waste home with you.
In the event of accidents or troubles at the dog run, dog owners will be held responsible for them. Any accidents or troubles must be settled between the parties involved.
Facility Plan
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②Video Theater
③Exhibition Room A
⑪Destroyed school building
⑫Piles of cars
⑭Exhibition Room B
⑮Lecture Room
Flow of a tour
1.Memorial Museum
Entrance
①Buy a ticket at the reception counter.
Video and Exhibition Zone
②Video Theater (with a 300-inch large screen)
※Video screening starts on the hour, and 20 and 40 minutes past the hour.
◇Videos taken amid and immediately after the disaster (a 13-minute documentary)
③Exhibition Room A
◇Threat and Damage from the Earthquake and Tsunami: I
④Go along the connecting passage and enter the Disaster Ruins area.
2.Disaster Ruins (former Kesennuma Koyo High School building)
Former South School Building
⑤1st floor – Destroyed school building
⑥Go up to the 3rd floor by stairs or elevator.
⑦3rd floor – Cars swept up to the school by tsunami
⑧4th floor – Tsunami’s highest mark
⑨Roof – Evacuation spot
⑩Return to the 1st floor by stairs or elevator.
Outdoors
⑪Western side of the former South School Building – Destroyed wall
⑫In front of the former General Practice Building – Piles of cars
Former North School Building
⑬Go along the passage to the Memorial Museum.
3.Memorial Museum
Video and Exhibition Zone
⑭Exhibition Room B
◇Threat and Damage from the Earthquake and Tsunami: II
◇Rescue and Search for Missing People
◇Scenes from People’s Lives at Evacuation Centers
◇Life in Temporary Housing
⑮Lecture Room
◇Messages from Disaster Survivors—The Value of Life (15-minute video)
⑯ Display Section
◇Record of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Journey to Recovery
Rental Spaces
⑰Training Rooms
⑱Workshop and Communication Halls
※The outdoor space and the roof may be closed in bad weather.
Food and beverages are allowed at the entrance or rental spaces. No smoking is allowed throughout the facility site.
Program/Facility Availability
The below calendar shows the availability of fee-based programs and rental facilities.
Select a program or rental facility from the drop-down list on the right side and you can check the availability of the program or rental facility you have selected.
The legend for the calendar is below the calendar.