4.18.2011

MIYAGI 1

Sendai ; near the river Natori         仙台市名取川河口付近 





Kesennuma    気仙沼市












Natori                      名取市




Shiogama     塩竈市
    http://youtu.be/amg5S_bODzo

 



MIYAGI 2

Minamisanriku                  南三陸町               

View from Sizukawa high school

        



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View from Sizukawa   junior high school

MIYAGI 3

Tagajou                 多賀城市















Journalist run from Tsunami wave.

He says Tsunami is approaching in 6 minutes. ( 0:30 )

Tsunami reaches at the end of the street. ( 1:50)

He hears somebody screams " Tsunami is coming !!!!"  ( 2:17 )

then  get off the car and manages to evacuate to a building near by.

While he was climbing up the stairs, Tsunami  reached to the building.

Outside ( 5:12),  people are left on the wrackage , he and other people ( luckily  some of them were former rescue worker) start to rescue .


 

IWATE 1

Rikuzentakada            陸前高田市

Filmed by a menber of the rescue team.

The rescue team start running  (2:45) and warning people in the town.

" Tsunami has overflowed the dyke , evacuate to upland immediately !!!!!!!!!!! "

Tsunami wave is rapidly approaching ( 4:55).

 " Hayaku , Hayaku, Hayaku !!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Hayaku = Hurry up






 




Noda-mura       野田村

A fisherman's boat is hit by Tsunami.
He has nothing else to do but watch.



IWATE 2

Kamaishi      釜石市










Tsunami survivor Mrs.Kikuchi

She went back to her home to look for her son, but couldn't find him and left the house by car .

The moment her car was swept away was captured on video. (0:50)


People evacuated to the hill see her and  scream " Run! Quick!'


Her son was  also  captured on video (4:20) , although the house  he was  standing was all ruined ,  he survived !


 




Hotel Houshoukan - Nehama beach 

Hotel Hoshokan is located on a hill, and has been designated as Tsunami  evacuation area through the ages.
 
People evacuated to a hill behind the hotel.
Okami (= the landlady of the hotel) in red circle, went down to warn her neighbors,
then Tsunami about to reach.
Okami screams " Run, Hurry up !!!!!!!!!! "

Everybody survived !







IWATE 3

Miyako       宮古市




 

Ōfunato           大船渡市





Ōfunato ( 0:00~)   Miyako ( 2:18~)   Kuji ( 4:10~)  Hachinohe , AOMORI ( 5:00~)





AOMORI , CHIBA

AOMORI ;  Oirase        青森県 おいらせ町





CHIBA ; Asahi           旭市

Footage of inside a car when Tsunami hits .



FUKUSHIMA

Minami souma      南相馬市










5 km  off the coast of Soma city ,
Japan Coast Guard vessels  ' Matsushima'

TOKYO , YOKOHAMA

TOKYO        Skyscraper  in Shinjuku            東京、新宿の高層ビル











TOKYO  (4:50 )   Trein (Yurikamome ) stoped  operation.
      When the passengers got off the trein, aftershock occurred. 

YOKOHAMA ( 6:40 )       Big crack on the ground. 


A few days after

A girl  -  Her family is  missing
She says everybody's gone and cries for her mother,

" Oka-san  " (mum) 






A girl - Her father is missing

She says there is no home to return, nothing to eat,

" I realized how happy my life was before "

Girl's mother says that she hopes her husband sees this video so he would know where they are.
                                                      http://youtu.be/PFepYjVbFnk     






A man- His wife's body was found the previous day

He goes back to his house which is completely destroyed and manages to find photo albums.
He shows photographs of his wife.
She thought Tsunami was not so big and she was determined to stay at home.
He regrets that he didn't force her to evacuate with him.


Dog , Cat, Horse

A dog cares for a injured dog

Sendai city ; Arahama 




After they were rescued, the weaker dog was taken to the vet clinic, and the other one was taken to a shelter.





Tsunami- -surviving dog rescued after 3 weeks

The dog named Ban was found on the rubble floating on the sea , where 1.8 km  off the coast of Kesennuma City.











Ban meets his (her) owner, very happy !






Cat named ' Non chan '  was found in a ruined house

Non chan's owner went back to her ruined house for the first time after Tsunami.

 " Meow~ meow~ "      Non chan is alive!!!








Horse and dogs meet their owner again!

Cow ? may be later ・・・.


Must-see !

Three elderly people( 1man and 2 women) were rescued from  the ruined building.
They were stuck on the third floor  for 2 whole days (42hours).

 

Reporter:     Are you alright?
Old man:      I'm alright, I'm alright...
Reporter:     What a relief.  how are you feeling now?
Old man:     Well, I went through ChileanTsunami , so I'm alright, 
                    Let's rebuild again! 

(* Great Chilean earthquake in 1960 caused  Tunami  that hit Japan, and destroyed  the same area where he lived .)



This old man inspired the respect of mIllions of Japanese people.

After everything he had been through he had no complaints at all, he just smiled and said

'' Let's rebuild again ''

He is a real Japanese man with a true samurai spiritt !

Satellite photo

ABC News 

Satellite photos  before and after Tsunami.
津波の前後の衛星写真。

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm




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