“ The magnitude 7.3 quake, which reached the maximum of 7 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, left 6,434 people dead, over 43,000 injured and forced more than 316,000 to evacuate. Nearly a quarter million buildings were heavily damaged or destroyed.”¶
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I was 9 years old then. There were my father, mother, grandmother, my eldest brother, second eldest brother, and me at housme in Osaka. Fortunately, only one plate fell down and broke, and we were all safe.F A few days later, my grandmother’s sister-in-law (my grandfather’s sister) came to our house. Her house in Kobe had collapsed, so she stayed at our house for several months. Our house was toovery small and we had seldom invited any friends to visit until then. I felt it was really unusual, and there was something emergency happening. I was too young to understand the whole thing, but I was really happy to be with her. She was really calm and had a warm heart. She always smiled and played with me. This memory will remain with me forever. I believe that now she always smiles at me from the happiest place, called heaven. In 2018, a big earthquake happened in Hokkaido. Electricity stopped, but my husband, son, and I were safe. Soon the power had returned in my apartment, but it seemed stillthat utilities were still dead at many of buildings nearby my place. I called some of my neighboring friends and their families to my small apartment. I let them use my shower, and made simple meals tofor them. I strongly wanted to do somethingwhatever I could do then. Sorry, today’s journal is very long. I pray for the victims, and may their souls of them rest in peace.

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