It’s scary how silently but quickly the Tsunami works, it’s like if you aren’t paying attention, then you might just be swallowed up in 30 seconds.

this is absolutely terrifying, this is one of my WORST nightmares

An amazing thing that I learned when I visited the Miyagi region a few years ago: The Japanese have standing stones on these hills that were carved centuries ago. On the stones, a warning is written to future generations - "The tsunami reached up to here. Do not build below this line." Of course, centuries later with no major tsunami incidents, the Japanese had forgotten and built many coastal towns below the tsunami line. And then this one happened. Still, I find it very clever that the ancient Japanese would leave a warning to their descendants in this way. I don't know of any other seafaring culture that has done something like that. Very wise, what great foresight!

Me: KZfaq: Watch all these tsunami videos from 9 years ago.

1:30 "Cars will be broken." "I have to pay the remaining loan!" they just laughed but they tried to cheer themselve up by saying some jokes.

Rethinking my whole living beachfront plan.

Damn, and I get nervous when the toilet bowl overflows

This is a water treatment facility and the wave from the Tsunami entered the underground pipes and being a small diameter the wave pushed up in to the facility before the actual wave itself reached it. Very interesting capture.

Something about that pan-down at 0:25 and seeing the water rise chilled me to the bone. Fucking hell. This is beyond terrifying.

The flood is cleaner than rivers in my town.

The cries of the people are a mixture of despair and excitement.

I lived in Iwaki after 2 years of the tsunami and it was heartbreaking to see how the city was affected. Even after this time, the beachfront neighborhood was still empty. The city is amazing! Makes me so happy to see in that year I was there, how the city reconstructed and still strong. I miss Iwaki so much 💕

I am Japanese. At that time I was still in elementary school third grade and I was doing music class at that classroom then. I suddenly felt that there was a big tremor and it was shaking for a long time. It was frightening. People in the afflicted areas feel a bigger shake and I am sad if I think that they suffered from the earthquake. We should not be crushed for such a deceased person for those who died. We will not lose. Absolutely stand up. 頑張ろう日本🇯🇵

I cant tell if these people are scared or laughing out of excitement

I had been to Iwaki several times and had a great memory. I hope everything is back to normal and I will always pray for the city and people there.

Amazing but scaring how fast the tsunami works.

You can tell by the way things are built that they expect this constantly

Im a first responder in Tornado Alley and have responded three times to tornados. One of the first feelings is, where do we start, it can be overwhelming. I cannot even imagine what this was like for responders. The destruction, water, electrical and debris hazards, where do you even start?

高いところに逃げてくださいという声がだんだん叫び声になるのが…

Rumor has it that car is still parked there to this day

「まだローンが残ってるのに…！」 すごい人間らしくて印象に残ってる。

One of the reasons why more Japanese are embracing minimalism,it's really hard to imagine on the things you've worked so hard for and just vanished:(

Laughing to not freak out. There is nothing anyone could do

2:00 頃からずっと「高いところに登れ」って叫んでるのは、下の方に人がいたって事だよね…本当に恐ろしい。

あの車まだローン残ってるのか…無念…

Salute to the Japanese people’s fortitude, strength, resolve and spirit. They always face these calamities in a brave and calm manner and go about rebuilding their lives and nation. A Great Nation. 🇯🇵🇮🇳

津波って漫画とかに出てくる大きな波の壁だとずっと思ってたけど、本当の津波は黒い水がスライムのようにどんどん街を飲み込んでいくんですね‥

まだローンが残ってるのに💦 すっごいリアルな言葉だわ

They don't look like one Giant wave they portray in movies. It more looks like a overflowing or flooding water body

It's 10th anniversary 😭💔😢 Mr. KZfaq recommended this video after perfect 10 years

Dang, I live in a place where there are no earthquakes or tsunamis, so this would be double scary :( the thought of losing a loved one like that is just awful

all I watch in youtube is tsunami footages

I am Japanese, and when this tsunami came, I was 11 years old. I was shocked by the news that many people died in a few hours of the day, and many people lost family and friends. It's been eight years already, but we think that it is an event that everyone should not forget, not to mention the Japanese. Please do not handle lightly because it is a story of a country far away.

This happened 9 years ago. It's feels like yesterday. I remembered it was air live on tv. And all i can think are those studio ghibili movies bout tsunami.

This is the type of laughter that's produced by "Holy shit, this ISN'T HAPPENING!!!"

the Ocean says: this house is not well located ,ill move it elsewhere.... architecture by nature....

I'm American and I bet that's exactly what I would sound like in a tsunami.

This is the calmest commentary I've heard with these captured Tsunami videos lol

絶対に忘れてはいけない❗️今更だと思いますがもう一度災害について考えるべきだと思います。

1:33「まだローンが残ってるのに( I still have a lot of the loan to pay)」が辛い。

“Not coming into work again? What’s your excuse this time?!” “Ummm...well...”

The water is definitely a force you should not underestimate. Where I’m from we experience a bit of flooding but this is crazy, it destroys everything within its path so easily.

imagine falling asleep in your house and then waking up hours later and your floating in the ocean

津波がどれだけ恐ろしいスピードなのか、どれほどの威力だったのか…言葉もありません。 見間違いかもしれませんけども、人が流されているように見えて胸が痛くてたまらなくなりました…本当に未曾有の大災害だったと改めて感じます。被災された方、亡くなられた方に心からお祈りします。

3:26 There's an entire building moving and he/she focuses onto the water! WTF. 😊

For people who are wondering where this was recorded it was recorded at the Jobankyodokaryoku Nakoso Power Station in Iwaki, Fukushima

This still scares the hell out of me and the reason I cannot live that close to the shoreline.

when i see buildings flowed away i always think about all the clothes , electronic , everything thats there... imagine... you went to work and later that day all your household is flown away and you don`t have anything and you don`t even know where da fuk it is

There are only 2 scary things in this planet, water.. And fire

Man, this shocked me when it happened...must of been terrifying. My thoughts go to the friends and families who lost someone 😔.

The way that building just floated away was crazy. Respect to all in Japan and especially those who lost loved ones 🙏

2:41 can we have an [F] for those perfectly smooth bushes

I live in the Pacific northwest in america.... we are 500yrs pass due for a earthquake larger then what Japan had that day. Seattle is suppose to fall into the Puget sound, we are surrounded by the cascade mountains, with only 2 passes (Steven's and snoqualmie pass) as our only exit to the eastern side of Washington, we also have Canada's border which is 3 hrs away which if assuming correct will be opened up for us to evacuate to so we can make our way back into the USA via idaho's border, we also have ferries, but they will have no docks to allow people to walk or drive their cars onto, we also have Oregon state, but theres a huge bridge that passes over a huge river as its main access into both states and the other ways are via very windy and blind curve mountains. Locals in Seattle that are born and raised here have 2 drills we practiced monthly, fire and earthquake drill... wasnt till I was 15 that I realized not all of America does earthquake drills. I've personally survived 2 big quakes, been alive to see mt st Helens blow some ash in 2015, oso landslide killed 45-50 people and my cousin lived less then 3 miles from it. I've been raised to expect locals to be first responders here, all locals are raised and trained to know how to handle a earthquake, but the scary thing for us is..... those who live through it we wont have a home left. Seattle is presumed to collapse as its half man made on very soft landfill, we have mt st Helen, mt rainier, mt Baker all currently quiet in their own way, but the big one as the locals call it is expected to probly call Helen to loose her ash again, Rainier if she awakens will devastating in her own as shell wipe all any valley west of the cascades, and no one knows how Baker will do. but with that one being up north could easily block Canada for the locals down here, and depending on where the big one hits, it could trigger a tsunami that wiped out all the towns along the Pacific Ocean including our naval bases and military bases. Locals dont expect help from the outside for weeks due to how much damage will be, our infrastructures are ancient compared to modern cities should be, the east side will probly be able to intact to a point, but they literally are running monthly emergency drills now in town and all locals are being asked to volunteer in it to keep our training up. But in the end, our devastation here is bordering on making half of Washington state unlivable for years due to how bad the rebuild will be and we have the longest floating bridge and the second longest floating bridge in the world that connects us into seattle.... those break and the locals in Seattle are screwed.

Imagine being an heavy sleeper and waking up a few kilometers away in your house surrounded by junk and debris.

I didn’t expect the building to move...what kind of foundations do they build there? That’s a lot of power in the that water

Why would he stay Focused on the cars with a whole building floating by

うちの親父がもう71なんだが、幼少の頃に西日本豪雨（通称626水害）に遭ってるんだけど、その時の事をいまだに覚えてて、自然災害で１番怖いのは水だって言います。火事も台風も地震も体験してる親父が水害が１番怖いと… ちなみに熊本です。凄い記録動画ですね。

That's scary. I'm glad i live far from any coast

Damn, it ended! I was hoping to watch until the water stopped coming IN and started going OUT... If anyone knows of a continuation vid of this tsunami, please let me know, ty.

I admire the courage and resilence of japanese people......god bless japan from india.

You know you’re up to something when a house goes peace out

What if Godzilla has always just been a metaphor for a tsunami. Something that comes from the ocean and destroys a city

I thought I had seen every video of tsunamis but no. It's like these videos keep popping up. Hehe

0:42 when your at a friend's house and use their bathroom and the water rises

一気に上がるのゾワっとする

Nobody: The car on the parking lot: I'm still standing, yeah, yeah, yeah 🎶

My heart goes to the people of Japan.

Ahh, just what I needed to watch before going to sleep.

4 Elements Might be the Powerful and Scary : Fire : Vulcano Water : Tsunami/Storm Wind : Tornado/Storm Earth : Earthquake We need the Powerful One, the "Avatar" Im Sorry for Bad Jokes.. Also Sympathy For Japan..

0:42 水の増え方尋常じゃないな

Those hedges on the left side are absolutely stunning.

I think that the people in the video were shouting and talking because they were bloody scared. I would have been. A terrible day for our Japanese friends.

So the WHOLE BUILDING was Floating away annnnd the Trees stayed intact.....oh holy mother Nature😲

How terrifying that must have been. it came up SO fast! And that water has to be so cold!

It was particularly disconcerting to see that two storey building swept from its foundations completely intact!

0:42 Iwaki: we have a problem

Who came here after indo tsunami?

Have you ever seen such power and devastation in your life? I weep for all those souls.

Oceans r so Blue, Beautiful, Calm... Ocean : hold my Tsunami.

GOOD GOD! SO FREAKING SCARY! I FEEL SO HARD FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DIDNT MAKE IT OUT OR SEE IT COMING 😫😩

Amazing and horrifying all at the same time.

I hope Japan will never has to go thru this again. It's heartbreaking. 💔

0:25この水位の上がり方ヤバい

Scream : HELP, HELP, HELPPPPPP And silent.

Impressionante a força da natureza, quanto mais eu conheço, mais eu respeito .

The sounds made from houses/cars/telephone poles crashing together gives me the chills

They sound so calm!

1:28 : but, we should go take away this car from the mess !!! 1:30 : well....that's the boss 's car... 1:33 : ah, sorry, my mistake.

Oh my lord the whole building is floating away... How long till the water recedes??

水が気持ち悪い増え方した時かなり気持ち悪かった……。なんなんだこの現実離れしたスピードは

That's how powerful mother nature is. Gives life, but sometimes sweeps away. Video: terrifying.

Never seen a tsunami before but my town of jasper Oklahoma was wiped out by a f4 tornado that was the scariest thing I've been through

The water is so clean, a lot of people anticipated for the tsunami. Prayers for the victims 🙏

WOW to think...you not only have to worry about an earthquake, but a TSUNAMI too? OMG! I think the BLESSING in it is that they have structured high ground to retreat to, but it has to be agonizing to see your livelihood swept away by an enormous wave. I pray there were no casualties and EVERYONE is SAFE. Thank you for sharing much LUV.

Every year the ocean takes millions of people's stress and anger away, and every so often it gives it back 🌀🌊🚣

This video was taken 9 years ago but still clear AF😊

This is why you need to keep a Bug-Out-Bag handy.

There are days when I dream about living on the waterside... Then I think about things like this... No thanks.

Man, a regular old 6'-8' storm surge can wreck a coastline. These things are nuts. A 10'-15' wave obliterates a city.

Truly terrifying. It's made me very wary of the sea anywhere.