The mountains are a curse and blessing. The water running up against them made the waves massive but they gave refuge to people trying to escape the monstrous sea. You are a remarkable example of cooperation. I cannot imagine the sacrifice.

I believe this is the largest tsunami wave ever caught on camera.

I live in a small village, @1900, in Ohio and I could only hope if we suffered a disaster, we'd be like these folks. There's a lot they can teach the rest of us. Small but mighty. I have much respect for them

Japanese are a very tough and resilient people! God bless all affected ❤

Beautiful. Thank you for the subtitles. My father was part of the occupation army (he’s 93) and then bought glass from Japanese companies for a living for many years, and still about how much they love nature.

You can clearly see someone getting knocked over and then swamped between 1:11 and 1:13. They climb some steps next to a small red-roofed house with a black window, then they walk (for some reason they do not run) along a path and are caught by the first wave. Then an enormous wall of water obliterates everything. There is no way they could have survived that. This is the first time I have actually seen someone getting killed by the waves, as usually people are sucked under and rolled along the bottom. Pretty horrific, really. May they rest in peace, whoever they were.The large white flat-roofed building in the foreground is actually a school and was a tsunami safety zone. The people you see in the alley are evacuating the school to higher ground. The run-up was actually measured in Taro at 40 metres.Apparently, there was an undersea landslide just off shore, which caused a separate 'silent tsunami' to combine with the earthquake tsunami and create this massive surge. So even though the quake wasn't felt as strongly here as it was down the coast, the waves were much higher. Also of course, the shape of the bay funnelled the wave and pushed the water level higher.If you are interested, and want to know more about this phenomenon, there is an excellent Japanese-produced documentary here on the subject: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fq6la7GD0L2bhGQ.html&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR29Gcth6xJ4q1A17LEuAtrvdAHOBRwcxXChT6-VwglCKIpZ6aIQ3CFbM8A

Anyone within a half a mile of that wave at sea level didn't stand a chance! The speed at which the wave moved inland was unprecedented.

this village shared their boats and their profits, looked out for each other, and managed their resources collectively as a community. seems like a good example to follow.

Beautiful and very important program! Thank you so much.🙏👍♥️

It is hard to watch this again, even after a decade has passed. So many lives were lost, so many people lost loved ones, their homes and their livelihoods. I don't think anyone who hasn't experienced it can really grasp how terrible that must be. I admire and respect the people of Japan. They acted so well under tremendous stress. That is the mark of great character, and it reflects a highly developed society.

1:25 The two women in the alley. Unbelievably and extraordinarily lucky.

I notice at 1:08 the outer sea wall suddenly collapsed creating an even more sudden, perhaps even bigger surge of water.

What an inspiring story of cooperation! I have always admired the spirit of the Japanese people. They are amazing!

1:25 someone in the lower right center of screen is knocked down by the wave. Another person appears, and drags the victim around the corner of a small building.

So much respect for this guy... that is my real recovery to.

Heart breaking losses. I'm so sorry for all the devastation you have suffered. I hope you refer your losses soon.

Great document, it changes from the so many horror views of the sea invading houses, presented without any aftermath. People look very strong and share a good community mind. sorry for my English

When I view these videos I always wonder what would have happened had this occurred at three AM instead of three PM. Just imagine being awakened from a deep sleep by a siren and the noise of a roaring wave. Imagine that it's pitch black outside because of earthquake disruption of electricity. How many thousands more would have been caught in their pajamas, struggling to find a flashlight in the dark. Imagine how chaotic the road situation would be as people struggled to drive without working traffic signals and streetlights. This video is the tsunami at its most powerful. A FORTY METERS high juggernaut of water drowned almost everyone in Omeo.

I notice two people running from the port. just look past the alley way at the center and you will it running. and by the way the people in the alley way were kids, and the people running up the alley were adults. Omoe was the most destructive tsunami have ever seen.

It is amazing how people can say the most absurd things. One man claims, only their community had a blue water tsunami, proof of how clean they keep their area of the coast. Well, first of all, it was a little ironic how his ludicrous claim was at 4:20 , I wonder what he just smoked. But this area of the coast has no flat, ocean level land between it and the open ocean. the sea floor just drops fairly quickly over rock below the surface. There not only is no soil in the churning water, but no industrial debris from port facilities. it also explains the sudden eruption of water from the surface just before the shoreline.

La geografia de la costa, hizo que aumentara la ola a 40 metros (20 pisos), hubo personas que estaban muy confiadas que a 30 metros (15 pisos) del puerto estaban a salvo, SIN PALABRAS. EL TSUNAMI MAS ALTO EN LA HISTORIA DE JAPÓN.

The tsunami was over 100ft rip the people who didnt make it 😫😱☠

39 meters here. highest tsunami in Japan's recorded history

The rock outcropping, just across the small bay in foreground, the second one in from tip of peninsula, is known to be about 100 feet high. Obviously that's not including the huge trees on it. Just the top of the rock os 100! *awesome power*

This still breaks my heart! I love Japan. 💕 Sumimasen utsukushi Nihondesu.

Gorgeous port!

Keep the UN out

They were working together as a community prior and had a long history of caring for the land and ocean.. please do not falsify the value of any attempts to stain these peoples names or professionalism; and thanks to all who found themselves able to help. .. a beautiful story... they were true to their heritage of honor, as we were taught to know them at any of our best; a great example for all of mankind. Never falsify the value of a label "communism" or "socialism" to such a degree you betray the point of valuing the physics.... a personal wage and development of skill is important, as is justice.. the Japanese people, nor any other, were never ignorant of that. All truths matter; their real live community in that moment was the best example of our time... no doubt. The way the Japanese people came through all of that, made the species and all of God's work... look good... Genuine Class?.... Honor...shiny

Imagine if this had happened at three AM, instead of three PM! Many more would have died.

I have seen a video explaining where exactly people were located when they took the most famous tsunami videos and @1:06 on the far left, the rock above the house with the green roof is 30 meters high and @1:32 the tsunami swallows it! You would think that you are safe up there and suddenly in the blink of an eye you are gone without even realizing it.

0:55 Location: 39.531698,142.033588

Muito triste mais infelizmente não temos como deter a natureza , Deus dê o livramento para todas as pessoas que sofreram com esse desastre. Meus sentimentos pela perda.🙏🙏🙏🙏

This tsunami here reached 124 feet up the hill!

That tsunami makes the 2004 tsunami look like a harmless ripple in a pond! Maybe the worst tsunami in human history! My heart aches for what the Japanese people went through, especially the fishermen! I hop you become more prosperous than ever!

Are there follow-up videos to this?

Its beautiful there

1:06 I swear i see some black spots around the building at the center of the video, they started to run as the wave strikes in and they just got wiped away.

March 11, 2011 The day Japan stopped moving to mourn.

That tsunami is 40m

1:05 you can litteraly see the sea wall collapse

This is not the full video, when it actually comes round the headland it is scary as hell this cuts in as its already entered the town...

Where are they going to go? That’s all they know. Sad.

little do they know their "clean" water is now tainted with radioactivity from fukashima.

amen

1:00- what music is this?

Hi i hate seeing all the beauty poisoned for money, money has no real value, just the land and sea's have lasting value. The earth might recover but humans won't be here to see it all dead because of money.

In the shool was childrens. RIP

How come people don’t evacuate when they have warnings.. many videos they give 15 to 20 minutes and people stay.. can anyone answer this.

Convenience or not, I can't understand the rationale of rebuilding on the very same foundation that was just destroyed bu the tsunami..? 😕🤨😏

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There won't be another tsunami like that for 1000 years. But it will come again one day.

this part of japan has been destroyed again and again and again by tsunamis, and yet they build and build and build

25m-40m

4:20 right guy survive?

10-00-19 FreeKing Awwinspiring

March11 2011 3:34

No offense, but going back to a place that dangerous (because a monster tsunami of that size will certainly happen again in Omoe in the future) is a bit foolhardy. With regards to their love of the ocean, the fishermen here remind me of a battered wife. "He beats me, almost killed me, in fact, but he's handsome, loves me and provides for me. That's why I'm going back!" I hope they learned hard lessons and built their new community away from the ocean, not in that tiny valley that funnels water like crazy, and on those nice, friendly hills way, way up...

holy shit 1:06

They talk about the great wall of china Japan needs to buila the great wall of japan a long the whole eastern seaboard cuz the earthquakes aren't going to stop anytime soon!

When Japan ceases hunting whales will be the time when I feel any symphony for them.

NWO

you must not have been happy with all these dolphins being slaughtered

That engulfed the town in seconds, extremely terrifying and I couldn’t even imagine.

shit happens