The Meiji Sanriku tsunami, which struck 126 years ago, killed as many as 20,000 people. A stone cenotaph was erected in the village of Toni in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, to mark the disaster ...
It was estimated to have been 135 years old. It is thought to have survived huge tsunami, such as those generated by the 1896 Sanriku earthquake that claimed 22,000 lives.