Today is 2014 March 14th. It’s already been three years since the huge earthquake and tsunami tragedy that hit Sendai.
I wrote a post on that day (Click here to read it) about four hours after it happened. That earthquake did damage down here in Tokyo…but nothing like what the Tohoku area suffered.
I also wrote a post about a month after the earthquake (Click here to read it) about some of the things the earthquake survivors treasure.
Today, for the tragedy’s third anniversary, the Japan Times newspaper is showing some of the hardest hit areas and the survivors three years after (Click here to see it).
A mother and her daughter attend a candle-lighting event held Sunday to commemorate the third anniversary of the March 11 tsunami and earthquake in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, one of the worst-hit areas. | (photo from: KYODO | caption: Japan Times)
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It’s interesting to look back on your first post about 3/11. I remember seeing the death toll at 19 people and feeling so shocked… little did we know how big that number would actually get.
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>I remember seeing the death toll at 19 people and feeling so shocked
Yes…if the death toll had not gone up from there, nineteen casualties would have still been a tragedy. But, as we know, the number became much, much higher.
It was a terrible day.
Unfortunately, there are people in the Tohoku area still suffering the effects of that day three years later!
I read your post about the earthquake…you had just arrived in Japan, hadn’t you? What a terrible introduction to Japan!
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Yes, there are so many people who are still on the road to recovery. I think Japan as a country could be doing more to help them. I think for many Japanese people, yesterday went by as any other normal day. That in itself is a tragedy.
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I think most people at least had 3-11-11 on their mind at times yesterday.
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