2011 Japan Tsunami - Takonohama Fishing Port, Miyako City. (Redacted)

Video footage recorded from the Jodogahama Bridge in the Kuwagasaki area. This is the view from the top of the bridge after entering the Jodogahama entrance from Route 45.
It is shown minutes before the tsunami hits the Octopus Beach and the subsequent wave that destroys everything in its path.
Upscaled video quality and doubled FPS.
Duration: 3:48
Format: SD Video
Location: Dai 6 Chiwari Kuwagasaki. Takonohama Fishing Port, Miyako City.

[@binky8501]

Seen these types of vids from Japan over and over and I still can't fathom the power and destruction nature is capable of

[@Vee-Shines]

Same same

[@leonbowen6567]

Me to my Friend imagine the noise the panic and fear

[@elladoz1966]

🙏❤️

[@jonholmes6551]

I think humans give mother nature a run for her money. We have littered in the mariana trench. Additionally we are on the way to cluttering up outer frikin space with space junk to the point we may not be able to continue space travel without colliding with something. I haven't even mentioned the land destruction. Plastic compounds are now in human dna, We are the most invasive species ever.

[@merzakeli2692]

Why don't you call things by their proper names? Instead of calling what you see in this video NATURE is causing a tsunami you should say ALLAH (GOD in your langage) THE GREATEST is causing a tsunami. This would be better. Don't you think so...?

[@Saltfly]

That was the heaviest tsunami impact I’ve ever seen. Terrifying.

[@bonwrentaylor2743]

Really !? Do some further online googling/KZbin searching & you'll see some way heavier tsunami impacts .....

[@danbill9165]

When did you see other ones. ?

[@ivanmahrovic6671]

I see tsunami in Aceh Indonesia on 2004

[@ericfelds6291]

You clearly haven’t seen what went down in Sri Lanka, Thailand or Lituya bay Alaska.

[@Saltfly]

@@ericfelds6291 I have seen many videos. The way the water moved in this one though. I think it’s my favorite.

[@kostam.1113]

This is one of the best tsunami videos It really shows the scale and the power of the sea Incredible footage

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

It could have been filmed so much better though

[@misssmisssymaria]

@@Roscoe.P.Coldchain Are you serious?? I’m sure the last thing on their minds was to get “better footage” of the tsunami that destroyed the lives of every person on that island.

[@jordanonofer3886]

I agree. Wow. That happened so fast

[@International_Internet]

I don't know if your country has a word with the connotation of "unscrupulous".

[@oui2611]

all i see is a bunch of water and nothing else happening

[@zizizuma5834]

10年以上経過して初めて見る映像。まだまだ世に出ていない当時の画像いっぱいあるんだろうなぁ

[@volkda1]

Tsunami is not just the "wave" heading towards us but it's literally the "sea" is moving.

[@gracemon2oe]

Like… the entire thing. It’s insane.

[@elydu30]

PRECISELY

[@timbuckthe2nd642]

Why did you put “”sea”” in quotations? 🤔

[@melodiefrances3898]

Yes. Exactly.

[@tuxedomask7071]

He's a weirdo obviously ​@timbuckthe2nd642

[@virginiaviola5097]

I have enormous respect for the power of the ocean…and that it stays within its boundaries most of the time, because her unleashed power, is breathtaking and terrifying. Extraordinary footage.

[@user-vk2fy7cm4w]

0:10に崖下に居た人が、2:27には居なくなってる。こんな恐ろしい映像がまだあったんだな。12年経って恐る恐る見たけど、まだトラウマです。しかしこれらの動画が残ることで、津波を知らない、聞き伝てにしか知らない世代に、恐ろしさを伝えることができます。

[@Trouble-Clef]

You can sure tell that the depth is shallow as the wave gets closer to landfall. Then you see the water retreat and you know the next one is going to be worse. What a nightmare!

[@marialucinalva2157]

99

[@timcleland8641]

Best view point I’ve seen so far in my opinion. Really shows just how much water builds up coming in before hitting land . You can see it rise and lower, which I would say is one giant wave. Awesome video.

[@zwigoma2]

I don't know how this has escaped me, amazing footage

[@multiestonian]

That is incredible and scary all at the same time. 0:35 Seeing the tsunami swallow that stone structure is scary, thanks to the surrounding cliffs, you can clearly see how much water actually rushed in.

[@corneliusg4905]

Break wall to prevent waves but not tsunamis 🤣

[@PhsykoOmen]

I drive over that bridge nearly every weekend. Videos truly dont capture the sheer volume and scale of how much water came through. Terrifying

[@6uiti]

How high is that bridge, people thought they where safe 😮

[@prakashm1468]

It's just incredible that the sea suddenly swells out of nowhere.

[@crashlag420]

The sound as the wave got crashed into the shore 😮 I cant imagine what it must've been like actually standing there

[@ikaikamaleko8370]

The bridge at the bottom by the fishing port had to be atleast 30 feet above the water and that bridge disappeared😳

[@taraspikeyhelton]

At its tallest recorded point, the tsunami was 138 feet. It truly was a monster

[@chrisemerson7743]

I think that bridge was probably higher than that!

[@brettolson3593]

What happened to the people at the bottom of the bridge at the beginning of the video?

[@ikaikamaleko8370]

​@@brettolson3593 I was wondering that too, I doubt they made it. That wave came in so fast and quietly , they prolly had no clue.

[@personaljesus000]

This is probably the largest tsunami wave on youtube. Look at the geography, particularly the height of the islands before the wave comes. This wave was probably over 60 ft.

[@socal33]

Just a tiny sampling of what pre-historic tsunamis must have looked like. Imaging a comet-formed tsunami, or when a landslide from Hawaii hit the ocean. Incredible.

[@getplaning]

I've been watching these videos since it happened and it never fails to leave me in awe.

[@ahahamach]

こういう津波のリアルな"波の来かた"？の構造がわかる動画がずっと見たかった。 本当にありがとう。 これ以前に｢世界まる見え｣で100mだか50mだかの津波の再現映像(恐らく隕石の場合)みたいなのを見て高層ビルみたいな高さの高波のCGで、東日本大震災の津波は絶対にそうじゃないやろ。と思っていたから、早いながらもじわじわと水位が上がることがわかって勉強になった。

[@F22-xj6gz]

津波の高さは比較的低いのですが、波長と周期が長い傾向にあります。しかし、浅くなればなるほど波の速さは遅くなります。よって、波の前方、浅い方の海水が遅くなり、後方の波の海水によって押される形ができてしまい、結果的にそこから盛り上がってしまうため、津波の波の高さが高くなってしまう構図になってしまいます。高潮などとはエネルギーが全然違います。

[@mattressfour20]

I've seen a lot of tsunami vids now and this one is up there with the most shocking. It escalated so quickly!! Frikkin intense.

[@deanb4799]

I think this is the most impressive video of them all.

[@tomtalker2000]

My heartfelt prayers go out to ALL the people that lost there homes, loved ones, and friend during this terrible disaster. I have a great affinity for the Japanese people and there culture. It just saddens me to see this every time i watch various videos of the damage this event caused. NEVER underestimate the power of water folks. It will get you each and every single time. I live on the ocean myself in a small community and i can't being to imagine what something like this would do to our small peninsula. It is just terrifying natural raw power.

[@tammi3121]

No words... just Wow.. this is 1 of the more powerful videos I've seen... just immense power...

[@conoromalley5317]

That is absolutely terrifying, the power of water is unmatched!

[@kellywhite4460]

By far the best video I've seen on this.

[@markwelsh3957]

It's always difficult to know whether to like this kind of video. It's obviously very good and amazing footage but then you remember all the people that died and the others who lost their entire families and all their belongings and it's not so clear cut. So I will just say thank you for uploading and sharing these videos and let's hope this doesn't happen again any time soon.

[@smoketheartist9501]

So you're just indecisive?

[@NorthernSpartan]

Having this problem is the biggest disrespect to the families😂

[@erdibilir9090]

10 minutes ago paradise, 10 minutes later hell.

[@mikehartman5326]

I saw the damage the Tsunami caused when I went to the region in 2012. The power of a Tsunami is not appreciated by some people. I always knew they were bad, but seeing the damage in real life over such a vast area was an awakening to the power released.

[@andyo5220]

It must have been terrifying to be there and see the unstoppable rising up like that.

[@d3mpst3r18]

This is probably the most insane footage I've seen of water....

[@user-oe9ej1gx2y]

東日本大震災のいろいろな津波映像見たけど、蛸ノ浜のこの映像が１番恐い気がする。最初、下に映ってた人達はどうなったのか・・

[@Andizu1]

Seeing the ocean recede at first is just.. especially the second time around. 😱

[@misssmisssymaria]

0:37- That really caught me off guard. I was looking further out for the wave, and then I saw it go over the pier. I can’t imagine how traumatizing and terrifying that must’ve been for everyone. My heart goes out to everyone who experienced so much loss on that day. Losses that are still being felt to this day. ❤

[@bennettjohnson2631]

The much bigger one was coming at the end especially since the water was retreated at the shore which adds that much more to the wave out were the island is

[@misssmisssymaria]

@@bennettjohnson2631 I figured that’s why they stopped filming, they knew what was going to happen next.

[@erickgarcia6687]

@@bennettjohnson2631 what does your heart do for that people?

[@misssmisssymaria]

@@erickgarcia6687 It’s called having humanity. It’s acknowledging and recognizing the suffering and loss that millions of people experienced that day. And how the trauma still affects them 11 years later. Instead of not giving a crap because it didn’t happen to me, and watching these videos solely for entertainment. Get it, now?

[@bennettjohnson2631]

Bro I’m not hyping anything about human tragedy I’m calling a tsunami how it is what are you talking about

[@waty0usay1]

By this point I've probably seen all the memorable videos of the Tsunami, but its just something you can't look away from.

[@123TauruZ321]

The amount of force in this is amazing.

[@philipnoblethe3rd695]

That is breathtaking! The upheaval of water. Power!

[@quentinstratton5407]

yes indeed!

[@melodiefrances3898]

It's unfathomable the amount of power required to do this.

[@tracypillay8635]

The sound made my soul vibrate

[@crisdesousa7195]

So a tsunami is not a large wave that comes in. It’s more of a sudden quick increase of water tide?

[@LOBALOBZ]

Yes

[@LOBALOBZ]

That’s what Hollywood has normalised

[@d.cypher2920]

whoever you are, thank you so much for sharing this historic footage with everyone. *Those who do not remember the past, are destined to repeat it.* 😎🇺🇸

[@user-cf6te2ug2g]

This is a Tsunami not a war.

[@d.cypher2920]

@@user-cf6te2ug2g yet, a war against ignorance and complacency. Those who will not believe, will not remember, will not act... Quickly. 😎🇺🇸

[@JohnnyLaps]

Agreed..but not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

[@BrayTube]

@@user-cf6te2ug2g Nice! D. Ouchebag clearly doesn't know why there were so few deaths on 3/11.

[@russtaylor2122]

I'm sure the rebuild is now complete. Might as well build a sandcastle...

[@suzysmith9186]

Would it be instant death if you were hit head on or would you drown? Absolutely terrifying. I can’t imagine the power.

[@studiostickz5214]

Wonder what the fish were thinking

[@gtizzle101]

Look at 1:58 the stone structure on the left most of the screen, now compare it to 0:10 and notice the people down there on the bright. Incredibly frightening

[@YEWGYZE]

Quality video, Really Real .Also excellent audio. SCARY

[@icouldjustscream]

0:25 You can see the water heading away from shore, exiting through the breakwater. Then it returns, and the person records in silence. He knows if people didn't get to high ground, it's too late for them.

[@carrisasteveinnes1596]

Very fine photography. Excellent.

[@ivanvillamil2764]

The most scary part is that if you get caught in it and then sucks you back into the ocean and there’s nothing you can do.

[@d12e4m312]

nah,, when the wave struck you, maybe you're killed already,, from debris etc,, at such high speed and power

[@AleGonMar1975]

Best video I saw for those who want to see what a tsunami is

[@chriswagner1335]

I still wouldn't even feel safe up there.

[@ttmallard]

I studied this one a lot at the time try to figure out how to build structures to survive these in ports guiding the flow to headwalls where it stops to stand high for hours. In the Pacific Northwest we have a plate release tsunami "any time", adding sealevel fast not a good move, plates are plastic it adds weight to continental shelves. The pier ends create a fake headwall, a dynamic dam that limits flow volume up front, averages out the maximum height up channels, infrastructure on top. This bay next to the city, a bridge lower down to fish boats was knocked off, the equalization back flow churn epic ... 🕊

[@andys8483]

That got intense very quickly 🌊😧

[@bcatblues725]

I know thousands and thousands of people died that day and I’m very sorry. But this is the most fascinating video capturing and outrageously powerful tsunami. Excellent footage.

[@stenovitz]

00:05 - did they survive? 😥 And what tables are those? At first I thought it was a concert of pianettes/synthesizers - or just sculpture ornaments? Any idea? Edit: 02:25 I guess they didn't 😥Watched this cam view since shortly past the disaster, but first time in full camera roll length. Horiffic😥(I think YT has a reason, other nature disasters have only recently been opened by YT almost 100 years past the disasters with more explicit content - maybe this is even still too close for the surviving relatives, I think...) 10 years ago I watched the sea-level cam angle from within bridge - like a horror-movie. Warm hearts to to those left behind in this tragedy created by forces of nature greater than ourselves. Japanese people are brave. Big hug ♥

[@6uiti]

That high bridge underwater where people stood thinking they would be safe😮

[@Diana_L.]

In this video, the approaching Tsunami doesn't look as much like a wave as it does a waterfall that´s being shoved towards shore. You can really see how the water level behind it is elevated for as far back as the eye can see.

[@elainecosta6084]

Cameraman chose to not record ... but I'm pretty sure he saw people below being swept away. No way those people could run away with waves coming with such power and speed (0:47), it built up too fast, in a blink! They must have realized when it was too close to comfort, too late to run. 😞

[@noobstar5613]

What a complete insane brutality as the wave rolls in sounding like a combat jet is about to take off

[@Ashi8No8Yubi]

That is an unbelievable amount of water that just seems to come out of nowhere

[@chrisemerson7743]

Anybody else notice the blacks spots on the surface? I think that the people who were standing on that little bridge and got swetp away! You can see at 2:00 the water is 3/4ers the way up that rocky out cropping! Which would probably mean the wave was about 20-30ft. Above the pier and that bridge!

[@cullyx2913]

Incredible footage

[@danbill9165]

Insane power hope the area recovered

[@JG-ou9hy]

That wave is the one I was looking for, like in those animated weather reports. That’s horrifying

[@callmeshaggy5166]

There's a video of a bigger wave coming in like this in Omoe. Imagine the horror of this video except you actually see the entire town get washed away in _seconds._

[@clancybenedict6647]

Hard subject. Very very sad just how many never got a chance to live. Some of the clearest footage of this disaster I've seen on the internet.

[@jimvick8397]

Never seen this one before, truly impressive...

[@arrbruceaish]

This is the most scary footage of tsunami comparing to others

[@redraptor9688]

I love the standing barrel wave that gets made in the gap of the breakwater by the rebounding and incoming waves fighting each other

[@EmeraldBayMovies]

This coastline looks very similar to the American Pacific Northwest coastline. This is what it'll likely look like when the Cascadia Subduction zone goes

[@Rombizio]

A small little wave. That never stops.

[@PRISM_828]

My God! You can hear that roar of the water! 😢

[@bd9712]

SOOOOO wild this particular video. To be able to look WAY out here...... Yet it stays flat.... And LOOK how the whole damn ocean even way out stays level and just RISES UP over that vast, vast area without much of a "wave" at all like most of these. Soooo unique this video 👍👍👍✌️☮️

[@jowfitaguillon2146]

The height of these waves! Jesus!

[@keithadams812]

At the beginning of the video there's a bunch of people standing on an outcropping almost a lookout point... None of them could have survived... Most terrifying video ever

[@dcxxx6850]

Amazing … so little visual warning then total destruction.

[@Sebadee80]

Earthquake video compilations and crying for bread are two channels with good footage of this terrible day. Top topics are good too, They give you lots of information and it’s up to date rather than one or two years old, it’s not just videos, there’s presenters with scientific evidence to go with what you’re seeing.

[@craigevans2445]

To have a gauge of the height the water got....just look at that mini mountain on the left of the screen at the beginning with the little tree on top,then look at it about half way through and see that the water is like 10ft from the top....looks about 40ft at least....😲😳

[@user-lq6is3en8o]

この津波映像はすごく独特な津波。静かに湧き上がる波に恐怖を感じます。

[@n00bey]

Seeing this kind of destructive force from nature and yet I feel like it is barely a flinch of its full power.

[@GrantTrade_1]

What Relentless Power

[@grellis6483]

Good thing this is being filmed from a bridge built in Japan! And not say, China or Vietnam.

[@nightrider5420]

Amazing is the fact that sea wall was destroyed like a childs Lego set. I just hope everyone in the town made it to higher grounds.

[@F3502000]

Man that's frightening...

[@ghostlyme]

Another reminder that yes, we _do_ live on a planet

[@lukesnyder7867]

Absolutely insanely terrifying!!

[@alaska1ravenlady]

Oh my gosh! there were people below the bridge in the beginning of the video. And after there was nothing down there. How sad.

[@hoosiercrypto9955]

Years ago. Your loss is remembered

[@koreanature]

My best friend, Great Good... !!! I wish you every day of your development.

[@Connief1990]

Jesus... The amount of water coming into the harbour is hard to fathom...

[@josephastier7421]

0:10 Hopefully those people ran for high ground.

[@helpu2health]

It went from glassy to the worlds biggest washing machine in seconds.......WOW

[@chrism1130]

When you record a video and then watch it later it lacks the ability to show the true scale. If the video is this impressive I can't fathom the real thing. Excellent footage. Nothing I've watched so far tops it

[@Sabactus]

@1:18 It looks like there's a large upwelling. I wonder if that deeper water ascending up from the bottom of the harbor.

[@drnickcarter]

While they may be rare in some places around the world, one should never underestimate the power of the sea.

[@Herbie11]

The height stats for tsunamis are not measured by a single wave or the actual height of a wave. It is measured by how far the surge gets above sea level. People keep saying the Japanese tsunami wave was over 200 feet. There was never a wave that high. The largest actual wave face was only 25 feet. The surge rose to over 200 feet. Big difference.

[@SofaKingShit]

I started watching and was like "oh they have water-breaks, that should help". 😳

[@TomekichiMax]

今までで一番身震いした動画 津波の「圧」を一番感じた

[@MH-ls8mg]

The sharp air intake at 1:05. You'd recognize that sound anywhere on Earth. The sound of someone "bracing" for something that's about to or has just happened to someone. He clearly just saw someone (or some people) getting swept by the tsunami. What a terrifying day this must've been.

[@cliveblacksheep2522]

Wow, thanks for sharing

[@Iftania]

Господи, как страшно то! 😱😢

[@inverse2k1]

3:20 when you see the ocean retracting THIS much, it's time to run for higher ground without looking back.

[@thomasfarley7322]

We’re there people floating as the water was going out. God bless them. What a nightmare.

[@thebiglewt6895]

Man, the noise of that when it comes in. Horrifying.