I have been thinking to restart my blog so I can send some message about Japan, both good and bad, to someone who wants to know the ordinary people’s life and idea , although my English is poor. I am worrying about the future of this country and the younger people such as our children and grandchildren.
I am seventy-two year-old woman living in a small city with my husband and our son's family. I had been working as a junior high school teacher and retired twelve years ago. Now I’m enjoying taking care of my garden and some activities like chorus or hiking. And also I'm trying to do as much as I can for peace and anti nuke.
Last week we had very heavy rain especially in the western part of Japan. In many places, landslides and river flooding happened, and many cities and towns are suffering heavy damages. More than one hundred and fifty people died and many are missing. Restoring must be very difficult, and I feel so sorry for the suffering people. How hard to accept such a losing!
For so long we have had to endure some kind of natural disaster here on this island, as we have earthquakes, typhoons, volcanoes, and rainy seasons. But these years we often have extreme climate; this time the news had warned "a record rainfall we have never imagined ". The damages are huge and the protection against the disaster can't be enough. It looks we need stronger protection system than ever. We should be ready for bigger disaster.
Our modern life with artificial structures like highways, long bridges, tall buildings makes the disaster worse, I think. Once they were broken or fallen down, it must be a big damage. Electricity, water supply, transportation system by highway and railroad are so vulnerable and our life that is depending on them too much is on the serious risk at once. Time ago when we lived more primitively without those things, the damages should have been smaller even the nature attacked us. We have been too arrogant to the nature to dig land, make flat mountains, cut trees, or to narrow the rivers, maybe.
Seven years ago northern part of the island had suffered a huge earthquake, and the Fukushima nuke plant melted down. They don't know how to finish the plant even now, and many towns are now deserted places where people can't live forever. But electric companies and the government are making other nuke plants rework one by one. Many of us are against it, but there are people who allow them, even welcome the nuke plants because of money for today. The land of Japan is quaking almost every day and experts are warning huge earthquakes will happen near Tokyo in some years. Are we, Japanese, special optimists or big fools?
I am seventy-two year-old woman living in a small city with my husband and our son's family. I had been working as a junior high school teacher and retired twelve years ago. Now I’m enjoying taking care of my garden and some activities like chorus or hiking. And also I'm trying to do as much as I can for peace and anti nuke.
Last week we had very heavy rain especially in the western part of Japan. In many places, landslides and river flooding happened, and many cities and towns are suffering heavy damages. More than one hundred and fifty people died and many are missing. Restoring must be very difficult, and I feel so sorry for the suffering people. How hard to accept such a losing!
For so long we have had to endure some kind of natural disaster here on this island, as we have earthquakes, typhoons, volcanoes, and rainy seasons. But these years we often have extreme climate; this time the news had warned "a record rainfall we have never imagined ". The damages are huge and the protection against the disaster can't be enough. It looks we need stronger protection system than ever. We should be ready for bigger disaster.
Our modern life with artificial structures like highways, long bridges, tall buildings makes the disaster worse, I think. Once they were broken or fallen down, it must be a big damage. Electricity, water supply, transportation system by highway and railroad are so vulnerable and our life that is depending on them too much is on the serious risk at once. Time ago when we lived more primitively without those things, the damages should have been smaller even the nature attacked us. We have been too arrogant to the nature to dig land, make flat mountains, cut trees, or to narrow the rivers, maybe.
Seven years ago northern part of the island had suffered a huge earthquake, and the Fukushima nuke plant melted down. They don't know how to finish the plant even now, and many towns are now deserted places where people can't live forever. But electric companies and the government are making other nuke plants rework one by one. Many of us are against it, but there are people who allow them, even welcome the nuke plants because of money for today. The land of Japan is quaking almost every day and experts are warning huge earthquakes will happen near Tokyo in some years. Are we, Japanese, special optimists or big fools?