Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan shekaru na nasara, da seawalls kasa lokacin da tsunami raƙuman ruwa kiyasta a high buga Tarō bin
An yi girgizar ƙasa da tsunami a ranar 11 ga Maris, 2011. Wadanda suka tsira sun ce sun ga wasu mazauna suna hawa kan tsaron teku don kallon tsunami mai zuwa kawai don a shafe su lokacin da raƙuman ruwa suka wuce bango. Mutane da yawa a garin sun ce suna jin ganuwar ta kwantar da su cikin ra'ayin karya na tsaro. Tsunami ya share wani sashi na bangon bakin teku. An bar tarkace da yawa a kusa da Tarō da kuma warwatse a cikin bayinsa. Mutane 181 sun mutu ko sun ɓace a cikin tsunami, tare da kusan gidaje 1,700 da suka lalace ko suka lalace.