Entry for January 17, 2008

13 years ago, January 17th, The Great Hanshin Earthquake killed more than 5,000 people at Kobe and Osaka etc. It is thankful for small mercies because the earth quake occurred in early morning. If it occurred during daytimes hours, awful lot of people might be killed.



Kobe, which was the largest harbor city until the earth quake, was in ruins. walls of tall buildings readied to fall onto my head. Collapsed Houses was crushing deaths. Stations were heaps of rubble. Bridge collapsed immediately after I passed on by my motor cycle. Also, My Hanshin-Tigers suffered a battering their owner company's profits and became slumping and Giants fans derided my Tigers.



Japanese government calculate several thousand of people will be killed if huge earth quake occurs in Tokyo. BAT, I think more people will be killed. I saw Great Hanshin Earth Quake and its damage. Absolutely, tens of thousand of people will be killed. They would not see about buildings which got by with slipshod work. The calculation would have no foundation, I think.



It is a photo of night scene of Hanshin area (Osaka and Kobe).