Earthquake, Tsunami and the nuclear power plants

Japan is a volcanic country.  So I went through lots of earthquakes since I was a child.

But the earthquake which occurred on the 11th of March was the biggest one I ever had. First the news announced that the level of the earthquake was 3 in Tokyo.
But all of people who lived in Tokyo didn't believe it.
Later Japanese government announced it was level 5.

At the time when the earthquake occurred, I was outside with my girls, Satori and Leila.  We had just come back from a walk.   Then the ground we stood on started shaking suddenly. And I saw the trees and the houses shaking and twitching just after I heard a big sound like ka-boom.
It didn't stop.  The ground shook nearly for a few minutes.
I was a little bit scared, but I tried to be calm at once because I found Satori became nervous when she felt something was wrong through my attitude and the shaking ground.
Leila started barking, too.

As all you know,  the earthquake and the tsunami destroyed some towns and the cities.
Not only that, but also we were told the nuclear power plants were also damaged badly.

After one week, there was no fuel, batteries, food, toilet paper etc.  in shops in Tokyo.
 
Besides Tokyo Electric Power Company decided to implement rolling blackouts because of the damages of the power plants.


So when we went shopping to a supermarket near our house,  there were vegetables and some sweets on the shelves, but no bread, preserved food and meat.
 
Most of the supermarkets are like this.
So those stores hang a sign which is written;
one for each, please.  

I don't know what made people buy so many goods in hurry.
Japanese government officially announced,

"Stop stocking up on food or daily supply!!"




For us,  we can manage.  We won't die even if we are not able to eat bread or meat.
And luckily we bought a huge amount of rice a few weeks before this disaster happened.
Richard mentioned that something would happened sooner or later.  So we should prepare for the day and for people who might not be able to prepare.

When we bought three of 30kg bags of rice,  the shop owner whispered into my ear, 

"you are not a restaurant owner, so what are you going to do with that much rice?"


But he might have understood now if he remembers us.

We appreciate to know our friends who live either out of Japan and in Japan considered us.
We are still suffered from the radiation.
But we are spending peacefully and take care of each other.

The day before yesterday, we saw the moon which was closest to the earth once in 20 years.

My camera is not designed for this kind of shot.  But we enjoyed the moon which looked a bit bigger and fabulous.

Also in the stream near our house, lots of tadpoles are born.

In the evening, we took our girls for a walk.

It seems nothing has changed..

But people's mind are suffered from the disaster still.