All Posts with tag "earthquake201103"

Exactly 1 year ago to this day on 2011 March 11th, a magnitude 9 earthquake struck the east coast of Japan at 14:46. It was the most powerful earthquake to have ever hit Japan. The quake triggered a tsunami which reached 40 feet that devastated many...

A few months after the earthquake, I went to the city most affected by the disaster - Ishinomaki. There, I covered the relief efforts of the volunteer group called Peace Boat. Here we see some volunteers singing the Anpan-man song to get their spiri...

Continuing with the coverage from ground zero at Ishinomaki 5 months after the Tohoku Kanto Earthquake. This Google Map shows Kadonowaki-cho and the Minamihama-cho area - as you can see, most of it was destroyed by the tsunami which traveled 600 mete...

5 months have passed since the Tohoku Kanto earthquake. I'm currently in a small town called Onagawa which was completely destroyed by the tsunami. Before coming to Onagawa, I spent a day in Ishinomaki - everything on low ground was destroyed but man...

We've seen a load of comparison photos of pre/post earthquake Japan but Bostom.com has posted an incredible set of photos showing Japan 3 months after the quake. One of the greatest things about Japanese culture is the diligence, speed and patience t...

After the earthquake, a huge tsunami hit Japan and damaged a few nuclear power reactors meaning that not enough electricity can be generated for the West of Japan given the current power consumption rates. The government split up most areas in East J...

About a week ago, shelves in supermarkets across Tokyo were looking pretty much like this - nekkid. One of the reasons brought up in the foreign press was that many folks were hoarding by buying up as much as they could which was true. But another re...

Owners of these otaku rooms got off lightly compared to Northern Japan after the earthquake. I don't think anybody is complaining about the damage to their rooms and neither am I. It is said that the most vulnerable rooms in the event of an earthquak...