Tokyo scenes after earthquake: March-April, 2011

The earthquake and tsunami disaster hit Japan seriously. Nearly 30,000 people were washed out. Hundreds of thousand of people have lost their houses. More than 200,000 people are spending hard times in evacuation centers in Tohoku and north Kanto areas (Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures).

The nuclear trouble at Fukushima Dai-ichi plant has been serious. Factories, roads and railways were seriously damaged. Business activities stopped in some fields.


Tokyo is also affected. Rolling blackouts of electricity started after the quake. The number of trains was reduced at most of the lines. Some goods were sold out at shops.

The operation of escalators in railway stations was suspended.

There were fewer people walking in Tokyo station's underground passage. The lighes in the showwindows were off.

The damagas of the quake are also found in many places in Tokyo(though they are not so serious).