earthquake in 12 years. nomura san thought his shrine was going to collapse. the whole gate was swaying. the alleyway was swaying, too. the children had to squat on the floor so as not to fall over, he told me. alerts chime. as we travel towards the epicentre, we re alerted to another earthquake. these aftershocks keep coming. further in, old wooden homes have been brought to the ground not made to withstand the ferocity ofjapan s enduring quakes. toshio iwahama lives here alone after losing his wife. at 82, he doesn t know how he ll manage the repairs. translation: we always have earthquakes around here. - but i just didn t think we d get a big one like this. i didn t take it seriously.
earthquake in 12 years. nomura san thought his shrine was going to collapse. the whole gate was swaying. the alleyway was swaying too. the children had to squat on the floor so as not to fall over, he told me. alerts chime as we travel towards the epicentre, we re alerted to another earthquake. these aftershocks keep coming. further in, old wooden homes have been brought to the ground, not made to withstand the ferocity ofjapan s enduring quakes. toshio iwahama lives here alone after losing his wife. at 82, he doesn t know how he ll manage the repairs. translation: we always have earthquakes around here, - but ijust didn t think we d get a big one like this.
alerts chime. as we travel towards the epicentre, we re alerted to another earthquake. these aftershocks keep coming. further in, old wooden homes have been brought to the ground not made to withstand the ferocity ofjapan s enduring quakes. toshio iwahama lives here alone after losing his wife. at 82, he doesn t know how he ll manage the repairs. translation: we always have earthquakes around here. - but i just didn t think we d get a big one like this. i didn t take it seriously. i thought we were safe here. this is only the tip of the destruction. we are trying to get closer to the epicentre, to a city where we know that at least a dozen people have died and many more are trapped in their homes that have collapsed. but we are struggling because if you look at this road here, it is completely ruptured, and this is what we keep
where people are trapped under their collapsed homes. many families were out at temples, celebrating new year s day, whenjapan was hit by its strongest earthquake in 12 years. nomura san thought his shrine was going to collapse. the whole gate was swaying. the alleyway was swaying, too. the children had to squat on the floor so as not to fall over, he told me. alerts chime as we travel towards the epicentre, we re alerted to another earthquake. these aftershocks keep coming. further in, old wooden homes have been brought to the ground not made to withstand the ferocity ofjapan s enduring quakes. toshio iwahama lives here alone
to fall over, he told me. alerts chime. as we travel towards the epicentre, we re alerted to another earthquake. these aftershocks keep coming. further in, old wooden homes have been brought to the ground not made to withstand the ferocity ofjapan s enduring quakes. toshio iwahama lives here alone after losing his wife. at 82, he doesn t know how he ll manage the repairs. translation: we always have earthquakes around here. - but i just didn t think we d get a big one like this. i didn t take it seriously. i thought we were safe here. this is only the tip of the destruction. we are trying to get closer to the epicentre, to a city where we know that at least a dozen people have died and many more are trapped