March events
In march, it was a sad month in Japan.
Earthquake happened on Mar 11 in Japan. News were all over and everyone was shocked.
I was travelling to Kyoto when the earthquake happened.
I was actually sent to Japan for training.
On the Fri night (04th Mar), I set off from Singapore to Japan Tokyo.
I stayed in Tokyo for 4 days and I witnessed snowing. It was my first time to experience it.
Then all the trainees moved on to Takefu -> Oumihachiman -> Rinku Town -> Kyoto
It was an memorable trip for me.
In Tokyo, I had met Nakano san and I hope everyone in Tokyo will be safe. Let's pray for them.
I'm happy that i'm back in Singapore safe and sound.
Here article of the shocking news:
Japan Earthquake 2011: 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits, 30-Foot Tsunami Triggered
TOKYO -- A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it swept away boats, cars and homes while widespread fires burned out of control.
Hours later, the tsunami hit Hawaii and warnings blanketed the Pacific, putting areas on alert as far away as South America, Canada, Alaska and the entire U.S. West Coast. In Japan, the area around a nuclear power plant in the northeast was evacuated after the reactor's cooling system failed.
Police said 200 to 300 bodies were found in the northeastern coastal city of Sendai, the city in Miyagi prefecture (state) closest to the quake's epicenter. Another 88 were confirmed killed and at least 349 were missing. The death toll was likely to continue climbing given the scale of the disaster.
The magnitude-8.9 offshore quake unleashed a 23-foot (seven-meter) tsunami and was followed by more than 50 aftershocks for hours, many of them of more than magnitude 6.0.
Dozens of cities and villages along a 1,300-mile (2,100-kilometer) stretch of coastline were shaken by violent tremors that reached as far away as Tokyo, hundreds of miles (kilometers) from the epicenter. A large section of Kesennuma, a town of 70,000 people in Miyagi, burned furiously into the night with no apparent hope of the flames being extinguished, public broadcaster NHK said.
"The earthquake has caused major damage in broad areas in northern Japan," Prime Minister Naoto Kan said at a news conference.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/11/japan-earthquake-tsunami_n_834380.html
Earthquake happened on Mar 11 in Japan. News were all over and everyone was shocked.
I was travelling to Kyoto when the earthquake happened.
I was actually sent to Japan for training.
On the Fri night (04th Mar), I set off from Singapore to Japan Tokyo.
I stayed in Tokyo for 4 days and I witnessed snowing. It was my first time to experience it.
Then all the trainees moved on to Takefu -> Oumihachiman -> Rinku Town -> Kyoto
It was an memorable trip for me.
In Tokyo, I had met Nakano san and I hope everyone in Tokyo will be safe. Let's pray for them.
I'm happy that i'm back in Singapore safe and sound.
Here article of the shocking news:
Japan Earthquake 2011: 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits, 30-Foot Tsunami Triggered
TOKYO -- A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it swept away boats, cars and homes while widespread fires burned out of control.
Hours later, the tsunami hit Hawaii and warnings blanketed the Pacific, putting areas on alert as far away as South America, Canada, Alaska and the entire U.S. West Coast. In Japan, the area around a nuclear power plant in the northeast was evacuated after the reactor's cooling system failed.
Police said 200 to 300 bodies were found in the northeastern coastal city of Sendai, the city in Miyagi prefecture (state) closest to the quake's epicenter. Another 88 were confirmed killed and at least 349 were missing. The death toll was likely to continue climbing given the scale of the disaster.
The magnitude-8.9 offshore quake unleashed a 23-foot (seven-meter) tsunami and was followed by more than 50 aftershocks for hours, many of them of more than magnitude 6.0.
Dozens of cities and villages along a 1,300-mile (2,100-kilometer) stretch of coastline were shaken by violent tremors that reached as far away as Tokyo, hundreds of miles (kilometers) from the epicenter. A large section of Kesennuma, a town of 70,000 people in Miyagi, burned furiously into the night with no apparent hope of the flames being extinguished, public broadcaster NHK said.
"The earthquake has caused major damage in broad areas in northern Japan," Prime Minister Naoto Kan said at a news conference.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/11/japan-earthquake-tsunami_n_834380.html
posted by at_ease at Sunday, March 20, 2011
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