Today is the 90th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake that flattened Tokyo at about noon on September 1st, 1923.
Recent Comments
 | tokyo5 on KISS x Momoiro Clover |
 | _azim.asri on KISS x Momoiro Clover |
| tokyo5 on America’s GM CEO insults… |
 | James Bartlett on America’s GM CEO insults… |
 | Raz on Oktoberfest in Tokyo |
| tokyo5 on Oktoberfest in Tokyo |
| Raz on Oktoberfest in Tokyo |
| Raz on Oktoberfest in Tokyo |
 | Earnest Mercer on Oktoberfest in Tokyo |
| Raz on Oktoberfest in Tokyo |
| tokyo5 on Oktoberfest in Tokyo |
| Razzle on Oktoberfest in Tokyo |
| tokyo5 on Tokyo Six? Tokyo Seven? |
 | Cik Tee on Tokyo Six? Tokyo Seven? |
 | Jemuzu on Melon Kuma |
Tokyo Five 
Someone just sent me one of those forwarded messages about fire tornadoes and how they saw them at the Kanto earthquake.
LikeLike
Yes, the earthquake struck at lunch time so there were many people cooking with gas ranges which caused many fires to start.
Most of the death and damage in that earthquake was caused by fire.
LikeLike