Tagajō

Tagajō City Hall
Tagajō-shi ; 多賀城市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Tōhoku
Prefecture :	Miyagi
Coordinates :	38 ° 18 ' N , 141 ° 0' E Coordinates: 38 ° 17 '38 " N , 141 ° 0' 16" E
Basic data
Surface:	19.64 km²
Residents :	61,985 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	3156 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	04209-9
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Camellia sasanqua
Flower :	Iris sanguinea
town hall
Address :	Tagajō City Hall ; 2 - 1 - 1 , Chūō; Tagajō -shi ; Miyagi 985-8531
Website URL:	http://www.city.tagajo.miyagi.jp/
Location Tagajōs in Miyagi Prefecture

Tagajō ( Japanese 多賀城市 , - shi ) is a city in Miyagi Prefecture on Honshū , the main island of Japan .

history

The city is named after Taga Castle , which was built in northern Japan to protect against the Emishi since the Nara period . After 802 the castle complex still served as the administrative center of the surrounding area. Buildings have not been preserved, but the complex is considered to be one of the three best preserved from the Nara period.

The city today

One of the three campuses of Tōhoku Gakuin University is located in Tagajō .

2011 Tōhoku earthquake

On March 11, 2011, the city was hit by the Tōhoku earthquake and the subsequent tsunami. The number of completely destroyed residential buildings is put at 1,746 and that of the partially destroyed at 3,730.

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA) reported 186 dead and 4 missing persons up to its 124th damage report on May 19, and increased the information to 219 dead by the 157th damage report on March 7, 2018. Measured against the total population of Tagajō, which was given in the 2010 census with 63,060, the victim rate from the disaster of 2011 was 0.3%. For the flood area of the tsunami in Tagajō, which covered an area of 6 km ² , the casualty rate was 1.10 percent.

Victims record, population, tsunami wave and distance from evacuation sites by areas of Tagajō
Area in Tagajō	Fatalities		Residents	Tsunami		Distance to the next evacuation site [m]
Area in Tagajō	Rate [%]	number	Residents	Max. Flooding height [m]	Arrival time [min.]	Distance to the next evacuation site [m]
Miyauchi	5.61	21st	374	2.61	68	1,046
Meigetsu	1.61	17th	1,053	1.91	68	823
Yawata	0.35	15th	4,310	1.96	68	359
Sakuragi	0.48	14th	2,938	2.48	68	745
Sakae	1.57	11	702	2.67	68	779
Oshiro	0.19	9	4,689	1.93	68	865
Machimae	0.18	2	1,113	1.48	68	911
Source: Total population according to Statistics Bureau (統計局) and Director-General for Policy Planning (政策統括官), 2010 census; Fatalities according to fire and disaster management agency (消防庁 = Fire and Disaster Management Agency, FDMA); Maximum flood height and arrival time of the tsunami according to The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami Joint Survey Group ; Distance to the nearest evacuation site from the place of residence according to the evacuation site data from the Cabinet Secretariat Civil Protection Portal Site ( http://www.kokuminhogo.go.jp/en/pc-index_e.html ) of the Cabinet Secretariat (内閣官房) and the aerial photographs and maps from Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) from the Tsunami Damage Mapping Team, Association of Japanese Geographers.

geography

Tagajō is south of Shiogama and north of Sendai .

traffic

Tagajō Station

Train:
- JR Senseki Line
- JR Tōhoku main line
Street:
- Sanriku-Jukan Highway
- National road 45

Neighboring cities and communities

Town twinning

Japan Dazaifu , Japan, since 2005
Japan Tendō , Japan, since 2006
Japan Nara , Japan, since 2010

Personalities

Yūta Gōke (* 1999), football player

Web links

Commons : Tagajō - collection of images, videos and audio files

10 万分 1 浸水範囲概況図 , 国土地理院 ( Kokudo Chiriin , Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, formerly: Geographical Survey Institute = GSI), www.gsi.go.jp: 地理院ホーム> 防災関連> 平成 23 年（2011年）東北地方太平洋沖地震に関する情報提供> 10 万分 1 浸水範囲概況図:

The GSI published here a map with Tagajo ( 浸水範囲概況図13 ) on which the 2011 flooded areas are drawn on the basis of reports of aerial photographs and satellite images from the Tōhoku tsunami, as far as was possible.

Information on the ruins of the castle Taga (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c 平成 23 年（2011 年）東北地方太平洋沖地震（東日本大震災）について（第 157 報） ( Memento from March 18, 2018 on WebCite ) ( PDF ( Memento from March 18, 2018 on WebCite )),総務省消防庁 (Fire and Disaster Management Agency), March 7, 2018.
↑ 平成 23 年 (2011 年）東北地方太平洋沖地震（第 124 報) ( Memento from March 25, 2018 on WebCite ) ( PDF ( Memento from March 25, 2018 on WebCite )), 総務省消防庁 (Fire and Disaster Management Agency), 124th report, May 19, 2011.
↑ 東日本大震災図説集 . In: mainichi.jp. Mainichi Shimbun- sha, May 20, 2011, archived from the original on June 19, 2011 ; Retrieved June 19, 2011 (Japanese, overview of reported dead, missing and evacuated).
↑ 平成 22 年国勢調査 - 人口等基本集計結果 - （岩手県，宮城県及び福島県） ( Memento from March 24, 2018 on WebCite ) (PDF, Japanese), stat.go.jp (Statistics Japan - Statistics Bureau , Ministry of Internal Affairs and communication), 2010 Census, Summary of Results for Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures, URL: http://www.stat.go.jp/data/kokusei/2010/index.html .
↑ Tadashi Nakasu, Yuichi Ono, Wiraporn Pothisiri: Why did Rikuzentakata have a high death toll in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami disaster? Finding the devastating disaster's root causes . In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction . tape 27 , 2018, p. 21-36 , doi : 10.1016 / j.ijdrr.2017.08.001 . (Published online on August 15, 2017), here p. 22, table 2.
↑ 平成 23 年 (2011 年) 東北地方太平洋沖地震（東日本大震災）について（第 153 報） ( Memento of March 10, 2016 on WebCite ) , 総務省消防庁 (Fire and Disaster Management Agency), 153rd report, March 8, 2016.
↑ Nam Yi Yun, Masanori Hamada: Evacuation Behavior and Fatality Rate during the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake and Tsunami . In: Earthquake Spectra . tape 31 , no. 3 , August 2015, p. 1237-1265 , doi : 10.1193 / 082013EQS234M . , here table 2.

Tagajō City Hall

[FDMA_2018-03-07-1] 平成 23 年（2011 年）東北地方太平洋沖地震（東日本大震災）について（第 157 報） ( Memento from March 18, 2018 on WebCite ) ( PDF ( Memento from March 18, 2018 on WebCite )),総務省消防庁 (Fire and Disaster Management Agency), March 7, 2018.

[FDMA_2011-05-19_Rep124-2] 平成 23 年 (2011 年）東北地方太平洋沖地震（第 124 報) ( Memento from March 25, 2018 on WebCite ) ( PDF ( Memento from March 25, 2018 on WebCite )), 総務省消防庁 (Fire and Disaster Management Agency), 124th report, May 19, 2011.

[3] 東日本大震災図説集 . In: mainichi.jp. Mainichi Shimbun- sha, May 20, 2011, archived from the original on June 19, 2011 ; Retrieved June 19, 2011 (Japanese, overview of reported dead, missing and evacuated).

[Census2010_stat-go-jp-4] 平成 22 年国勢調査 - 人口等基本集計結果 - （岩手県，宮城県及び福島県） ( Memento from March 24, 2018 on WebCite ) (PDF, Japanese), stat.go.jp (Statistics Japan - Statistics Bureau , Ministry of Internal Affairs and communication), 2010 Census, Summary of Results for Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures, URL: http://www.stat.go.jp/data/kokusei/2010/index.html .

[NakasuEtAl2018_IJDRR_27_pp21-36_p22Tab2-5] Tadashi Nakasu, Yuichi Ono, Wiraporn Pothisiri: Why did Rikuzentakata have a high death toll in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami disaster? Finding the devastating disaster's root causes . In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction . tape 27 , 2018, p. 21-36 , doi : 10.1016 / j.ijdrr.2017.08.001 . (Published online on August 15, 2017), here p. 22, table 2.

[FDMA_2016-03-08-6] 平成 23 年 (2011 年) 東北地方太平洋沖地震（東日本大震災）について（第 153 報） ( Memento of March 10, 2016 on WebCite ) , 総務省消防庁 (Fire and Disaster Management Agency), 153rd report, March 8, 2016.

[YunEtHamada2015_ES_31_3_1237-1265_Tab2-7] Nam Yi Yun, Masanori Hamada: Evacuation Behavior and Fatality Rate during the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake and Tsunami . In: Earthquake Spectra . tape 31 , no. 3 , August 2015, p. 1237-1265 , doi : 10.1193 / 082013EQS234M . , here table 2.