Urayasu:Sept 24, 2011

Urayasu City, eastern neighbor of Tokyo, is famous as a home town of Tokyo Disney Land.

But the city made headlines in different sense. Many places in the city were liquefied, which made headlines after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March.

About three quarters of the city’s land were reclaimed after the 1960s. That was the cause of wide liquefaction.

The damages of the earthquake still remain here and there.

I found many holes, gaps and cracks in the pavements when I walk around the city. The grounds in the city sports center were still out of use as repair works were still necessary.

Old Edo River flows between Tokyo and Urayasu. Buildings stand at both side of the river. Fishing boats went up and down.