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Sanriku
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Also known as Rikushū

thumb|The Sanriku region of Japan , sometimes known as , lies on the northeastern side of the island of Honshu, corresponding to today's Aomori, Iwate and parts of Miyagi Prefecture and has a long history.

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thumb|The Sanriku region of Japan , sometimes known as , lies on the northeastern side of the island of Honshu, corresponding to today's Aomori, Iwate and parts of Miyagi Prefecture and has a long history.

The 36 bays of this irregular coastline tend to amplify the destructiveness of tsunami waves which reach the shores of Sanriku.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sanriku” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.