[Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture] “Roadside Station Takada Matsubara” is a symbol of Rikuzentakata’s recovery

"Roadside Station Takada Matsubara" is located in the "Takada Matsubara Tsunami Reconstruction Memorial Park" in Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture is a roadside station that is attached to the "Iwate Prefecture Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami Memorial Museum." .

Takada Matsubara Tsunami Reconstruction Memorial Park, located on National Route 45 that runs along Hirota Bay, is home to the ``miraculous single pine tree'' , and is a place to commemorate and repose the souls of the earthquake victims, as well as to commemorate the disaster. It is a place where lessons are passed down.

Rikuzentakata roadside station that has existed for 30 years

Rikuzentakata Seaside Terminal (Tapic 45) opened next to the current building in July 1991

Tapic 45 is surrounded by the only Mos Burger in the Kesen region and the famous Capital Hotel 1000 , and is a tourist spot that many people visit as a base for Takada Matsubara Beach. did. The inside of Tapic 45 was destroyed by the tsunami, but the building remained intact, saving the lives of the three people who escaped to the roof, and it remains as a ruin from the earthquake.

Roadside Station Takada Matsubara and Iwate Prefecture Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami Memorial Museum

After the Great Earthquake, a new roadside station was built next to the old roadside station Tapic 45, along with the Iwate Prefecture Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami Memorial Hall, and on September 22, 2019, it was renamed "Roadside Station Takada Matsubara." is now open.

The building, which resembles a bird flying toward Hirota Bay, was designed by world-renowned architect Kengo Kuma.In the center is a basin filled with water, and from there it extends to the newly built seawall. There is a road called the "Axis of Prayer" running through it.

Looking from the parking lot, the Iwate Prefecture Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami Memorial Museum is on the left of the basin, and the roadside station Takada Matsubara is on the right.

Introducing the facilities of Roadside Station Takada Matsubara

the ``seafood sales area,' ' you can purchase rich seafood from the Sanriku coast, such as oysters from Hirota Bay, which is famous for its deliciousness, scallops, and wakame seaweed.

The ``Products/Agricultural Products Direct Sales Area'' sells rice, apples, shiitake mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes, and other vegetables from Rikuzentakata, which is undergoing reconstruction, as well as sweets and bread, as well as local brewed products such as sake, soy sauce, and miso. Crafts and other items are also on sale.

In addition, a new baseball stadium was built in the nearby Takada Matsubara Sports Park in 2020 with the cooperation of Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, a professional baseball team that has entered into a sports exchange activity partnership agreement with Rikuzentakata City.

The first baseball field "Rakuten Eagles Miracle Ipponmatsu Baseball Stadium," and Rakuten Eagles support goods are also sold at the roadside station's product sales area.

Restaurants at Roadside Station Takada Matsubara

There are two stores that serve meals, and both offer self-service service where you can pick up your food and enjoy it at the food court inside the station.

Takata's meal

You can enjoy Takada's local cuisine, with a focus on seafood bowls made with the local original brand rice Takada no Yume

the ``Three Seafood Yokubari-don,'' where you can enjoy three types of seasonal mini-seafood bowls the ``Daily Obanzai Set Meal,'' where you can choose four small dishes from a wide variety of local Takada dishes .

The seaweed miso soup that comes with the set meal is also popular.

Matsubara Shokudo

This restaurant also mainly serves seafood bowls and other dishes, and is run by the Hirota Bay Fisheries Cooperative.

As it is a restaurant directly managed by a fishing cooperative, the seafood is delicious, and the conger eel's ``Ipponmatsu Tendon'', which represents the ``miraculous single pine tree'', is popular. "Jaja Cold Noodles" is also popular.

the ``salt sea urchin onigiri'' (salt sea urchin onigiri) which is sold in limited quantities , is popular for its large size and the rich and delicious taste of the salted sea urchin, so it sells out quickly.

Sunaba Coffee Takada Matsubara Branch

This is the store of ``Sunaba Coffee,'' which is famous for ``There is no Starbucks, but there is a Sunaba (sandbox: Tottori Sand Dunes)

At the time of the earthquake, Sunaba Coffee's president and staff rushed from Tottori and did volunteer activities such as running soup kitchens, which led to Sunaba Coffee's first store opening outside of Tottori Prefecture. It was connected to

In addition to delicious coffee, you can also enjoy gelato made with Tono milk.

The lost Takada Matsubara is back!

Takada Matsubara was once a scenic beach with a 2km stretch of white sand and a cluster of about 70,000 pine trees that are over 300 years old.

More than 70,000 of those pine trees were mowed down by the tsunami, but only one remained miraculously, and it is still fresh in our memories that it was called the ``Miracle Pine''.

The miraculous lone pine tree subsequently withered due to damage caused by salt water due to land subsidence, but it was treated with embalming and its branches and leaves were duplicated, and it will remain forever as a ruin from the earthquake.

Most of the white sandy beach also disappeared due to the tsunami and land subsidence, but it was restored outside the newly built seawall, and about 40,000 pine saplings were planted, making progress in the reconstruction of Takada Matsubara. It is being

summary

In Rikuzentakata City, which suffered devastating damage from the tsunami caused by the Great Earthquake, a new city was completed by building embankments on the pre-earthquake urban area.

The facility that symbolizes this recovery is the Takada Matsubara Tsunami Reconstruction Memorial Park, where the roadside station Takada Matsubara is located.

Many of the earthquake disaster remains within the park remain saddened, but on the other hand, the newly built facilities convey the hope and recovery of the Sanriku region. If you are in the area, be sure to visit Roadside Station Takada Matsubara.

Roadside Station Takada Matsubara <Information>

• Name: Roadside Station Takada Matsubara
• Location: Takada Matsubara Tsunami Reconstruction Memorial Park, 180 Dotekage, Kesen-cho, Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture
• Phone number: 019-22-28411
• Business hours: 9:00-18:00
• No regular holiday
• URL: Roadside Station Takada Matsubara official website

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