Yonezawa Shokai Building

Yonezawa Shokai Building
Yonezawa Shōkai Biru (米沢商会ビル)
The building in October 2022
Interactive map of the Yonezawa Shokai Building area
General information
StatusDestroyed
LocationTakata-cho, Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan
Coordinates39°0′49.5″N 141°37′42.5″E / 39.013750°N 141.628472°E / 39.013750; 141.628472
Year built1970s
DestroyedMarch 11, 2011
OwnerYuichi Yonezawa
Height
Height15 metres (49 ft)
Technical details
MaterialReinforced concrete
Floor count3
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The Yonezawa Shokai Building (Japanese: 米沢商会ビル, Hepburn: Yonezawa Shōkai Biru) is an abandoned building and a disaster ruins for the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is the only building in the old city center left after the tsunami.

It is also known for saving Yuichi Yonezawa, the owner of the building, who climbed the chimney to survive the tsunami.