The Sanriku Coast ( 三陸海岸 , sanriku kaigan ) is a coastal region on the Pacific Ocean, extending from southern Aomori Prefecture , through Iwate Prefecture and northern Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Honshū , which is Japan's main island. The name comes from the historical region of Sanriku (lit. "three riku "), referring to the former provinces of Rikuō , Rikuchū and Rikuzen .
7-1330: Yoshimura (written: 吉村 ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Akira Yoshimura ( 吉村 昭 ) , Japanese novelist Fumio Yoshimura ( 吉村 二三夫 , 1926–2002) , Japanese sculptor Gotaro Yoshimura ( 吉村 剛太郎 ) , Japanese politician Haruka Yoshimura ( 佳村 はるか ) , Japanese voice actress Hirofumi Yoshimura ( 吉村 洋文 ) , Japanese politician Hiroshi Yoshimura ( 佳村 はるか ) , Japanese musician and composer Junzō Yoshimura ( 吉村 順三 ) , Japanese architect Kazuhiro Yoshimura ( 吉村 和弘 , born 1996) , Japanese table tennis player Keiji Yoshimura ( 吉村 圭司 ) , Japanese footballer Koji Yoshimura ( 吉村 光示 ) , Japanese footballer Kōzaburō Yoshimura ( 吉村 公三郎 ) , Japanese film director Naomi Yoshimura ( 吉村 直巳 , born 1995) , Japanese professional wrestler Pops Yoshimura ( 吉村 秀雄 , Yoshimura Hideo ) , Japanese motorcycle tuner and race team owner Reimi Yoshimura ( 吉村 玲美 , born 2000) , Japanese long-distance runner Sakuji Yoshimura ( 吉村 作治 ) , Japanese archaeologist Shiho Yoshimura ( 吉村志穂 , born 1989) , Japanese volleyball player Yō Yoshimura ( 吉村よう ) , Japanese voice actor Yumi Yoshimura ( 吉村 由美 ) , Japanese singer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
14-417: A new baseline for analysis of regularly occurring tsunamis. 39°58′14″N 141°57′15″E / 39.9706°N 141.9542°E / 39.9706; 141.9542 This Aomori Prefecture location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Iwate Prefecture location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Miyagi Prefecture location article
21-706: The Rikuchu Kaigan National Park and the Minami-Sanriku Kinkazan Quasi-National Park in the Sanriku Coast region. The bays of this ria coastline tend to amplify the destructiveness of tsunami waves. Significant events which devastated coastal communities include: Prior to 2011, the tsunami history of Sanriku might have been interpreted as a story of progressively fewer casualties due to human intervention and planning. The 2011 disaster created
28-668: The surname Yoshimura . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yoshimura&oldid=1242610304 " Categories : Surnames Japanese-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles containing Japanese-language text Articles with short description Short description with empty Wikidata description All set index articles Akira Yoshimura Akira Yoshimura ( 吉村 昭 , Yoshimura Akira , May 1, 1927 – July 31, 2006)
35-407: The true story of Yoshie Shiratori . After the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami , Yoshimura's nonfiction chronicle of three previous tsunamis on the coast of Sanriku , Sanriku Kaigan Otsunami received an influx of orders, requiring a reprint of 150,000 copies. Yoshimura's wife and author in her own right, Setsuko Tsumura donated the royalties from the book to the village of Tanohata , which
42-551: Was an award-winning Japanese writer. Internationally he is best known for his novels Shipwrecks and On Parole . Yoshimura was the president of the Japanese writers' union and a PEN member. He published over 20 novels, of which On Parole and Shipwrecks are internationally known and have been translated into several languages. In 1984 he received the Yomiuri Prize for his novel Hagoku ( 破獄 , On Parole ) based on
49-467: Was heavily impacted by the tsunami. Tanohata was a favorite place of Yoshimura's to visit and inspired him to begin research on the historical tsunamis of the area. Yoshimura was married to the writer Setsuko Tsumura . This article about a Japanese writer, poet, or screenwriter is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sanriku Coast There are the Tanesashi Coast,
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