Japan’s Historical Earthquake
On Friday, March 11th, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit Japan. Many cities were hit hard by the resulting tsunamis and a nuclear plant in Fukushima prefecture sustained damage and eventually earned a nuclear warning level as high as the Chernobyl incident. Due to these events, the flow of knowledge of placements and such was delayed by weeks.
JET Placement City
I finally found out I am going to the Miyagi prefecture, to a city called Kesennuma, located in the northern part of Japan. This city was devastated by the March 11th earthquake, with supposedly 1/3 of the city submerged under water and oil fires from the port boats that lasted for four days. At the time of this blog, Wikipedia lists the population at a little over 74,000. It’s hard to find any other information on the city besides earthquake news, which sucks.
Still Going
I’m not as worried about going to my city as I thought I might be. I was more concerned with being placed in Fukushima, the prefecture with the nuclear power plants that are walking on uncertain grounds at the moment. Actually I’m super excited! I just finished an orientation today that told me a lot of what I already knew, but was still helpful. Hoping to hear from my predecessor soon so I can start buying clothes and things to bring.
細菌【さいきん】 (saikin) – Bacillus; bacterium; germ
On Friday, March 11th, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit Japan. Many cities were hit hard by the resulting tsunamis and a nuclear plant in Fukushima prefecture sustained damage and eventually earned a nuclear warning level as high as the Chernobyl incident. Due to these events, the flow of knowledge of placements and such was delayed by weeks.
JET Placement City
I finally found out I am going to the Miyagi prefecture, to a city called Kesennuma, located in the northern part of Japan. This city was devastated by the March 11th earthquake, with supposedly 1/3 of the city submerged under water and oil fires from the port boats that lasted for four days. At the time of this blog, Wikipedia lists the population at a little over 74,000. It’s hard to find any other information on the city besides earthquake news, which sucks.
Still Going
I’m not as worried about going to my city as I thought I might be. I was more concerned with being placed in Fukushima, the prefecture with the nuclear power plants that are walking on uncertain grounds at the moment. Actually I’m super excited! I just finished an orientation today that told me a lot of what I already knew, but was still helpful. Hoping to hear from my predecessor soon so I can start buying clothes and things to bring.
細菌【さいきん】 (saikin) – Bacillus; bacterium; germ
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