Earthquakes
1,470 words by 4 writers in Tokyo, Akita & elsewhere
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Earthquakes, Memories
At 5 AM I woke up, the bed shaking. Also the house. It was Earth telling us not to forget. 3 years later.
by Luis MendoTokyo — Yesterday was the anniversary of the fatal earthquake which shook Eastern Japan and created that big wave engulling homes, people and dreams three years ago. My beloved Japan was in grief and I remember being in Amsterdam and thinking desperately how all it could happen to such a beautiful place. How many of my friends and many of my strangers were having a hard time. Now, three years later, I l...
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Mike Ng
Nisan Gogo
Luis Mendo
Kazuya Hatta
Earthquakes
not the quake of the moment... numbered 6.0, but the sound that scared me
by Mike NgSan francisco — I woke up at 3:32am— by little jolts, rumbling… it was hard to describe. It wasn’t your usual nauseous rolling type. Not even your 15 minute electric massage bed. Just a little shake, like mother n...
drawing, Earthquakes, tokyo
Comme si de rien n'était.
by Nisan GogoTokyo — Pendant le séisme du 05 mai, j’ai eu l’impression que l’on prenait mon centre de gravité et qu’on lui faisait faire des rotations et des mouvements de bas en haut. Tout en restant dans le même volume....
disaster, Earthquakes, japan
The past lives would never be the same in the future, and the social pressure that push me back from getting involved.
by Kazuya HattaAkita — It’s funny because trying to write about 3.11 in Japanese is harder than doing it in English. My first language is Japanese. The picture above is the road in front of Yuriage junior-high school in Miy...
Other Stories
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Earthquakes
not the quake of the moment... numbered 6.0, but the sound that scared me
by Mike Ng in San Francisco -
drawing, Earthquakes, tokyo
Comme si de rien n'était.
by Nisan Gogo in Tokyo -
Earthquakes, Memories
At 5 AM I woke up, the bed shaking. Also the house. It was Earth telling us not to forget. 3 years later.
by Luis Mendo in Tokyo -
disaster, Earthquakes, japan
The past lives would never be the same in the future, and the social pressure that push me back from getting involved.
by Kazuya Hatta in Akita
Recent Moments
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Earthquakes
not the quake of the moment... numbered 6.0, but the sound that scared me
in San Francisco, United States -
drawing, Earthquakes, tokyo
Comme si de rien n'était.
in Tokyo, Japan -
Earthquakes, Memories
At 5 AM I woke up, the bed shaking. Also the house. It was Earth telling us not to forget. 3 years later.
in Tokyo, Japan -
disaster, Earthquakes, japan
The past lives would never be the same in the future, and the social pressure that push me back from getting involved.
in Akita, Japan