Ichinoseki, the southernmost city of Iwate-ken, is next to Rikuzentakada city, Iwate-ken, and also next to Kesen'numa city, Miyagi-ken.
The tsunami hit Rikuzentakada and Kesen'numa very hard.
They were beautiful coast cities.
The quake shook Ichinoseki a lot.
Ichinoseki is the beautiful inland city with Iwaigawa River, often called the entrance to the northern Tohoku region.
My daughter goes to Yamanome Elementary School (ES).
It seems nothing wrong with school buildings.
But greatly damaged inside, I was told by one of Yamanome ES teachers.
He told me that everything in classrooms and labs and teachers room fell over.
No one can enter.