What did this megaquake feel like? Tell all is here: th-cam.com/video/o1W_znpGB_o/w-d-xo.html from start to finish from the Earthquake’s first shake to the end.
Such a tragic event for you and the people of Japan. Thanks for sharing your story and the experiences of others. I'm glad that as a people you all were able to pull together to work through this. With the love of Yeshua, peace and all the best to you : )
Miss you man, this brings back memories, it was terrifying. I remember being in Shinjuku down in the subway under Alta Studios. Living in Tokyo you get used to earthquakes. I remember standing on the platform and feeling the shake. But no one seemed disturbed at first. Then it got stronger and kept going. Then the people around me started to look around. Next thing I know we are all scrambling up to the ground level, even the ticket gate was opened so we could just pass through. When I got upstairs just below the Alta Studios giant screen, I remember buildings, electric and light posts swaying. There was commotion. I saw people crying and saying "kowai"(I'm scared). This was no ordinary earthquake. Since all the trains were shut down and Shinjuku being a super hub it got crowded really quick. Man, that walk home to Kichijoji took many hours, everyone was on the streets. There weren't enough buses or taxi's to handle the millions who would have taken the train and at staggered times.Thanks for sharing John, miss the yakiniku parties. I'll be back when the doors open up. I hope you are well brother! Much Love, Much Respect.
The earthquake and tsunami caught the entire world off guard. It was more than just an earthquake, it was something that changed Japan forever. Just watching it on TV back in 2011 was scary enough. And this takes me back to the Pikachu Train episode you did, still my favorite OiJ episode you've done. I'm glad they added a Pikachu Train to the Ofunato Line. It gave children in the area a sense of hope and joy. A light at the end of the tunnel Something to look forward to, since they were in such a devastated area.
I'm so sorry! As someone who lives on The Ring of Fire as well, I feel your pain. Haven't experienced a 9.1, but Alaska gets earthquakes ALL the time. 7.1 epicenter was less than 20mi from my hs in 2018. Took us 2 days to clean up our home. I still have ptsd from that earthquake. Anywho. I noticed from all the videos I've seen of the people of Japan, almost everyone is cool as a cucumber. Hardly anyone freaks out. I'm impressed. I like your videos. Take care!
This is quintessential John's amazing reporting/recounting his experiences of, and in, Japan. I watched this as VOD as missed the live broadcast and sat enthralled for the full video, feeling every emotion John went through . The part when he teared up and had to recompose himself was so emotional .. it made me fight back a tear also as I could feel his sincerity and memories being recounted... Keep on going John... you shine a light over all of Japan....
Sending love to Japan ❤ from Austria If there was no pandemic, we would be right now there playing concerts, touring the country. Hope for better times for beloved Japan and the whole world.
Hi John, thank you for sharing your experience of the earthquake. I remember watching the news on NHK World and stories they did on the aftermath of it. I pray for everyone who lost their lives and the people who survived. I remember trying get in touch withy friends who are living Japan to see if they were okay.
When this happened we were in Vancouver then and Yaya looked up at the sky and saw that it was dotted with circular clouds and she said it would be a big earthquake and maybe a tsunami. Later we got calls from family in Japan and heard the news. Just a few weeks ago with that long earthquake we had in Tokyo (with you) it was scary too because it lasted so long. We were worried in case there would be another as big to follow. Amazing how we could look to the sky to see that something was happening on earth. I'll never forget that.
I'm happy and sad that you shared this story with us. Happy because I always appreciate your insight and reporting on all things Japan, but sad that you had to experience this. This earthquake was so devastating and no only in Japan...this earthquake figuratively reverberated all over the world. This earthquake was constantly being reported worldwide for months because of the devastation that Japan experienced and my heart goes out to them as I also fell in love with Japan when I was there in the 90s while I was in Amori with my family. I remember my first big experience during the 1993 Hokkaido earthquake. I remember it so vividly because I remember I had the flu and my dad had to pick me up from school. I just remember getting home like a normal day and then going to bed then BOOM! Everything in my room was falling over, I remember my dad running in my room to get me while I was completely drugged up on flu medicine and trying to get my bearings. Everything in our home was swaying because of how awesome high rises are built in Japan, but the power of this earthquake...WOW. I remember holding my younger brother in the doorway and just hearing my mother cry and my dad trying to save our big grandfather clock that we just got from a local redwood store in Japan. Just hearing you share your experience just reminded me of my own. I'm glad everything worked out for you at the end and I'm so appreciative to have your channel to go to in order to remember Japan. I miss it so much and can't wait to go back and share all my childhood to my own kids and fiance. Much love!
Hi, John. As survivor to catastrophic earthquake event, you eloquently described my experience during the earthquake that struck my home town in 2018. I never felt anything like it before. Being thrown side to side like a rag doll. It's just a horrifying experience, and I also thought I would die. I hope you stay strong, brother. You will persevere.
That day, I was at the office. Everyone was glued to the TV at the office lobby, watching the waters rushing in, crossing fields, blocking roads in real time. We were stunned, horrified, and had goosebumps while watching. It was surreal. Then we started called our Japan office to see if our colleagues were safe. They were, but many lost their homes.
Thank you for sharing. On the day of the anniversary and the day after, I felt SO much emotion come out of nowhere. Almost couldn't go to work. I think the difficulty processing this particular earthquake, for me, is that the magnitude was such that it should've been so much more devastating. We felt in our bones and nervous system what crushes buildings and causes tsunamis. Our bodies took that force. Plus when I watched the tsunami footage for the first time on Thursday, it quadrupled my emotions just from empathy and feeling part of what caused so much tragedy. It's a lot, I think. But from it I think comes more strength, understanding of life, and appreciation for it. All that said, hearing that "flyjin" became a derogatory term is kinda disappointing, as someone who chose to evacuate after the reactor incident. That was a complicated situation. No one knew how things were going to turn out and if things had gone the other way, and we stayed, what then? People made the best decisions they could with the options available to them. And not everyone was planning on living there indefinitely anyway. Definitely glad I was wrong though! I still love Japan as much as a flygin can.
Man i can totally relate with your words. Here in Chile we had some of the biggest earthquakes in recorded history. Like japanese people we are kind of used to them, but when they're as big as the one you're referring to... well that's a complete different animal. The one we had here on february 27th 2010 was also really huge, and i tell you... i felt the exact same way. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this... Cheers.
Chile has horrific quakes as well, and I reckon you're prepared for them, but when they're over 8 - you just cannot prepare for that, you just do the best you can to save your family.
I'll watch this now every ten years in memories of this unique day. My honest respect for you being so strong and talking about your personal memories, too, giving us this realistic inside view. May you all recover physically and mentally! Also, you should really really try to contact the guy who invited you to a tea. He may wants to contact you, too.
Living in New Zealand i know exactly what you mean about earthquakes the feeling of not being in control and things breaking around you and rocking side to side is the scariest experience anyone can have. The ground feels like jelly too.
We can't forget about how bad the NZ quake was either. Sad to admit I'd forgotten about that horrible event - and I hope lives are rebuilt. A bad quake takes away your confidence and any sense of well-being.
I know what you were going through. I experienced the Sylmar earthquake 2/9/71 and Northridge 1/17/94 and can concurre what you were going through. Very scary indeed.
When I was 8, I saw it on the internet about the horrifying earthquake in Japan. I felt terrible during the one clip (which is the tsunami) that I watched. It was really saddening that those people died during the earthquake. Thanks for sharing your experience, John.
Thank you so much for sharing this story. I could really feel how impactful that day and its aftermath was for you. You also made me try to fathom how the people most directly affected felt. You made me stop and try feel the suffering to the extent that one so removed such as I could feel it. This is sharing on TH-cam at its finest. Bravo for this live stream.
Foreigners travel and move to Tokyo and Osaka with ease, but they don't know that the huge earthquakes that occurred there in the past could happen again, at any time. Another eerie thing is that the active volcano, Mt.Fuji stop eructation long years.
March 11 is my husband birthday and we both live in Japan🇯🇵 i will never forget that day. Lost so many innocent lives. I lost a friend she was American teacher 😢😭 going home on bicycle 🚲 when tsunami hit. They never discovered her 😥😔😟 I cry 😢 today and its hard to celebrate my husband birthday due to this tragedy 😢
You summarised what I felt in Tokyo 2 days after the quake. I was at the end of my skiing in Niseko on the day the quake hit. Plan to stop at Tokyo for a few days and later journey on to Kyoto. Spent 4 days in Tokyo before evacuated out.
My friends and I had just landed in San Francisco from Hawaii for our girl’s trip. We turned the tv on in our Airbnb. We watched and wondered what was happening? We were in shock. We couldn’t believe what was happening. We were so saddened by all the lives lost. Even the San Francisco area and Carmel area had tsunami watches from that earthquake. Our hearts still go out to the families that lost loved ones.
Yeah man, the helplessness is brutal. No warning and boom. Got hit with multiple strong ones last year and last month here in our place in the Philippines. Stay safe everyone.
I was working as a producer at a local radio station in Philadelphia, PA ten years ago when the news of the earthquake came over the Associated Press news wire. Just watching everything unfold while seeing it online was heart wrenching. 😥
@Only in Japan *GO Hi John, I really enjoy watching your videos. I have severe chronic lower back and neck pain. Most nights I can't sleep because of my chronic pain. I binge watch your videos when I can't sleep. Watching your videos helps me forget about my chronic pain. Thank you for making your videos.
Thank you for sharing your story of the horrific quake and tsunami of 2011. very informative, instructional, personal and human. I responded to the loss and devestation, very emotional. It's important for your healing to tell someone, as I'm sure you know. I thought Fukashima was a town and not a region. Anyway, I admire the strong people who have rebuilt their lives and helped others. It's crucial to come together at these times. Thank you
I remember back then I had just started working for Tokyo Disneyland on the U.S. side…we were in constant contact for 3 days straight monitoring the situation and watching the news…the resilience of Japanese people during this time was absolutely amazing. How everyone came together shows the true strength of Japanese society…and still to this day every year in June we have a fundraiser to help support the Farmers who lost everything in the tsunami
Thank you for sharing. I listened while getting ready for work. It has become a somber morning listening to you, but I think it is important people share their stories.
Thank you for sharing your experience. Because of covid, I learned what it feels like to almost lose all my family members and I felt horrible. My heart is with everybody in Japan who experienced such traumatic events.
It was so insightful to hear your point of view. It's so crazy to me that you have been in Japan for as long as I have been alive, and that it have been 10 years since the earthquake already. It had a huge impact on me at the time, even on the other side of the world, and I don't think I'll ever forget about it. I wonder how we will look back on the pandemic in 10 years.
Thanks for this stream of your experiences of 11 March, John. Terrifying and powerful. I shared both this and your earlier edited episode on my social networks...
Hi John. Your video is very moving. Just for you to know: This whole week in France the TV news have recalled the event with sobriey and respect for the Japanese people (at least in a show called "Quotidien" I believe, so that people here do not forget. Wa do not forget. And we sympathize with you all, especially the families who lost loved one, homes... Sending love, tenderness and warmth to the Japanese people. We love you.
Thank you for sharing your story. It definitely made me emotional a few times. I was in Oita three weeks after the earthquake as an exchange student, and I think because Kyushu is so far from Tohoku, it was life as usual there. People went out for hanami and generally acted like nothing had happened. The only signs that something was wrong were a couple food shortages for the first month or so.
I feel that I resonate better with Japan than with any other place I have ever been to (including my home country). I can only begin to imagine the love that foreigners who chose to stay there after 2011 feel. And I've seen a few youtubers (including yourself) where it just transpires from the way they talk and what they do. Powerful stuff. Thank you for this stream and for the documentary on your other channel.
Lucky me. I have met not one but TWO Japanese ambassadors to Canada here where I live. I'm very happy I met Ambassador Ishikawa. After the earthquake he was quoted by the press in Canada as having been "moved to tears" by the support for Japan in Canada. And my friend Stacy is in Tokyo now teaching English.
Prayers!! I remember that day clearly. Thanks for sharing. Can only imagine a disaster that effected the Whole country than not knowing what was the outcome! Japan is not Of this world an I hope to Visit Soon!! 💖 Love&Prayers from Calgary Canada 🇨🇦
When Oklahoma were having earthquakes like 4.0s . One time I was at McDonald's having breakfast the lights were moving and the rumbling. I kept calm but few people were freaking out and then when I was at home I was on my couch. It is best to be calm and get where its safe. It's kind of like us in Oklahoma when we have tornadoes. They can happen any time and any day all year long. So glad you thought of your pet. So far we haven't any earthquakes for awhile. It doesn't mean it isn't happening.
Hey neighbor, Kansan here. We’ve had some good shakers here as well (not as much as you have) and they are so strange to feel. Cannot even imagine how that 9.0 earthquake felt.
Hard to believe it has been 10 years since the earthquake; the tsunami that followed; and the devastation. I have been through the 1994 Northridge quake and the most recent 2019 Ridgecrest quake. Despite experiencing those two in my lifetimes; nothing quite compares to the Tohoku quake although the 2004 Indian Ocean quake comes very close.
Seeing your video brings back what being in a quake is like. After living through a natural disaster you think differently about where your home is and about how you place things in your home. I can't even imagine the trauma the survivors must feel to this day.
One of the best videos I ever saw on TH-cam. The emotion is raw and real. 3.14 - Awesome time too John! 353 my best. Ben Davidson / Suspiscious0bservers the best at Earthquake Prediction based off solar science.
Thanks so much for your story about this. I understand about your experience. Arigato again. Oh yeah I saw that on the news . I remember there were two dogs there rescued they were helping each other. ❤🐕🐕
Johnさん、ありがとう🙏 People all over the world helped and pray for Japan. Japanese never forget． Thank you very much🙏 I experienced the 1995 Kobe and Awajishima earthquake in Osaka. My house was broken half.
Wow - I remember talking a little about this when Kanae and I were there in 2019 in Awajishima.the Hanshin Earthquake was much more violent and lightning fast in striking! I’m glad you’re okay.
@@onlyinjapanGO 様 On the Awaji Island, there are traces of the ground moving and can be seen.During the 1995 earthquake, The Shindo was until only ６． Thank you for introducing the tragedy 10 years ago． You were experienced, an earthquake shake and a storm. This was also a valuable video. Thank you very much 🙏
thats unlucky...i come from a country that has no earthquake so when i experienced my first one in japan(it was a small aftershock a few days after the mag 5 one in osaka), i kinda freaked out abit and ran out of the apartment until i realized it was a small one lol..at first i thought the vibration was coming from someone's phone that was on the ground...we were stunned for a few seconds before realizing it was an earthquake.
Thank you, grazie John. Loving Japan since I was a small boy..I remember that 10 years ago watching the images of the news .... I cried almost all day. But then I remembered how strong they were, how strong the Japanese people are ... of their discipline, honesty, courage! And I knew that everything would return to normal quickly! Because in this, they are the number 1 !! Respect and Love for Japan forever !!
Thanks for sharing what must have been a very harrowing experience for you and all those who went through it. 🙏🏼😢 . Maybe start a Kickstarter event for the region affected?
Hey John, this was nice to hear your story. It sounded very scary and traumatic. I was in Tokyo in March 2018 and I happened to experience a 5.3 mag earthquake when I was up high in my hotel room one afternoon. The building was swaying quite a bit and it was very scary for me as I am not used to earthquakes living in Toronto. I panicked and looked down at the street from the window and saw people all stop and sit on the ground or go under a doorway of a shop. Also, I heard that alarm you played earlier. It only lasted about 15 seconds or so I'd say but I was so scared so I can only imagine what you went through....
I remember I was watching the NHK World Livestream (yes, I was 10 years old, watching NHK) and watching the news bulletins. I remember that day being so sad, ironically, that was the day a huge thunderstorm came in and knocked out the power supply to half of the state.
I spent three years in Japan as a member of the U.S. Air Force. I've been through a number of earthquakes and time stands still until the rumbling and shaking stops. Love your channel, John.
Every hotel I went too in Japan I always made sure that I checked the torch in the room to make sure it worked and exactly where the "Escape Hatch" is (actual Engrish written on one Emergency Exit sign).
This is still heartbreaking - I've survived bad earthquakes, but this was a horrific quake and a thousand-year tsunami. Japan is the only country where this doesn't kill a half a million people. I realise that sounds hollow to anyone who lost people close to them, but the fact that people were prepared greatly accounted for lives saved.
Thanks for sharing your story, John. You’ve shown us some amazing things about Japanese culture, and your personal experiences. But as simple as this video was, it was one of your more powerful ones. Be safe.
Hello John, I send you a cordial greeting, and I really appreciate your video, and all the feelings and sad memories that you transmit after having lived through this tragedy, I can mention that we have a lot in common in this matter, the tremors and earthquakes, they also have their sad history in Mexico, we suffer from the same, and all that you mention has also been lived here on different dates, the greatest 1932, 1942, 1957, 1973, 1985, 2012, 2017 and 2019; the learning that all these tragedies have left us have made us much more aware that when nature rules, there is not much to do, just pray and wait if you can free it and stay alive; the 1985 earthquake has been the most devastating in terms of deaths and destruction, I just want to end by saying that we are fortunate to continue after living such great tragedies, I send a big hug to you and Kanae, take good care of yourselves.
When John returned to Tohoku a couple of months ago I thought John was rather composed but I guess the anniversary brought back many of the raw emotions from that time. I will never forget the images and videos from that time. Among them the black sludge as the tsunami swept inland which reminded me of the river sludge from Ghibli's Spirited Away, the numerous fires from burst natural gas lines and the sight of Sendai airport slowly going underwater. I was on vacation in London and was quite upset and distracted by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. I think of some of the victims and how they floated out to sea never to be seen again clinging to the tops of their vehicles. John's recollection of the survivor stories was deeply affecting and it is very commendable for him to have listened to them. It also serves as a very valuable lesson because many people are uncomfortable being in the presence of other people's grief. A lot of it stems from not knowing what to do to provide comfort. But as John points out you simply have to be present, listen and be willing to share their grief. Much respect to John for going out of his way to do that.
You are the reason my wife and I came to Japan back in 2019. We will be back and I have such a respect and love for the people all over. So many people treated us with kindness. A woman and her son gave us beautiful pictures on the Shinkansen. A train station worker helped us when we were lost. Several staff and police helped me when I lost my wallet and numerous experiences I will always remember. Also as a therapist you are very helpful :)
Thanks for sharing your story John, and 👏🏻 for staying and seeing it through, it must have affected so many lives throughout Japan. And love to Italian bombshell, you and your daughter are in my thoughts ♥️
I was in Japan January of that year. When i found out about this tsunami and earthquake i had finished work for the day and was at the gym watching it unfold on the TVs there and my heart just sunk for the people of Japan. I still to this day feel bad for the people of Japan and and glad to here that thing's are getting better slowly
I've been lucky enough to visit wonderful Japan seven times over the course my life (next trip: as soon as my wife and I can travel!); on each of my first five trips (starting wayyyy back to 1973!), I felt earthquakes. In early 1992, when there was snow on the ground in Yokosuka, we had a quake at night that was a good shaker. We evacuated our buildings and stood or stomped around in the cold night to keep warm until the all-clear was sounded. Growing up in Los Angeles, California, I've experienced quakes all my life: I remember one in early 1953 (when I was three years old and one of the first things I remember) that occurred late at night and sent my father reeling around the room where I was and into the hallway. These memories never go away. "Terra firma": don't believe it! Thanks for sharing your memories... and feed your precious Kanae! 😁
Thank you for sharing your experience on that fateful day. I remember watching it on TV and felt so sad as the water flowed inland and destroyed so many homes and businesses. Many blessings that day for those who survived. Including you and Kanae who were able to find each other, fall in love and get married. We're happy you are alive and well and that you have come into our lives. You are loved and appreciated my bro!
Thanks for sharing John, my first earthquake was in Japan, it was after this one in Tokyo and much smaller, I believe 5.2. The Japanese were like it was just a a little tremor. I was on the 35th floor in shinjuku.
Just finished watching the video then I scrolled back up to discover that 27 people have clicked on the thumb down button. Now I am wondering about the reason to click on the thumb down button.
Thank you for sharing your deepest and most difficult emotions and memories with us John. It is difficult to believe it's been 10 years already even though your video had brought all the memories back as if it was just yesterday. I visited Japan often before and after the earthquake, and being in the same cities (I went to Hakodate Apr 2010 then July 2011) and seeing the damage done to the cities made it feel real and raw. It serves as a good reminder during these current difficult times that we are actually very lucky to be able to "stay home". There is always light and hope and I know I will go back to the Tohoku region soon when it's safe to do so!
Hi john, again... long time no see. I heard of this great tohoku earthquake in the I survived series. Japan is peaceful but there is some dark spirit in geology hiding from us 🤔. I feel ya. I know how it feels. I’ve been in an earthquake before and it wasn’t too big for me. But still i know how u feel. Well cya and I might see u in the weekend. Bye.
Japan is such a beautiful country. But it's location between multiple tectonic plates, is unfortunate. However the society and culture might have been different without it... Regarding the podcast. It is inaccessible through iTunes. But Facebook seems to have cached the videos. They are under "videos" on the Weblish account. Regarding old videos. I believe you where thinking about uploading your old travel (hitch-hiking) videos to youtube. The more the merrier. Can't get enough of your videos. :)
What did this megaquake feel like? Tell all is here: th-cam.com/video/o1W_znpGB_o/w-d-xo.html from start to finish from the Earthquake’s first shake to the end.
Such a tragic event for you and the people of Japan. Thanks for sharing your story and the experiences of others. I'm glad that as a people you all were able to pull together to work through this. With the love of Yeshua, peace and all the best to you : )
I also had feel earthquake, and it was 7,1 magnitude. I was in my bed, and it was swinging very strong. It was in July 2019 🌎🌍
Miss you man, this brings back memories, it was terrifying. I remember being in Shinjuku down in the subway under Alta Studios. Living in Tokyo you get used to earthquakes. I remember standing on the platform and feeling the shake. But no one seemed disturbed at first. Then it got stronger and kept going. Then the people around me started to look around. Next thing I know we are all scrambling up to the ground level, even the ticket gate was opened so we could just pass through. When I got upstairs just below the Alta Studios giant screen, I remember buildings, electric and light posts swaying. There was commotion. I saw people crying and saying "kowai"(I'm scared). This was no ordinary earthquake. Since all the trains were shut down and Shinjuku being a super hub it got crowded really quick. Man, that walk home to Kichijoji took many hours, everyone was on the streets. There weren't enough buses or taxi's to handle the millions who would have taken the train and at staggered times.Thanks for sharing John, miss the yakiniku parties. I'll be back when the doors open up. I hope you are well brother! Much Love, Much Respect.
The earthquake and tsunami caught the entire world off guard. It was more than just an earthquake, it was something that changed Japan forever. Just watching it on TV back in 2011 was scary enough.
And this takes me back to the Pikachu Train episode you did, still my favorite OiJ episode you've done. I'm glad they added a Pikachu Train to the Ofunato Line. It gave children in the area a sense of hope and joy. A light at the end of the tunnel Something to look forward to, since they were in such a devastated area.
I'm so sorry! As someone who lives on The Ring of Fire as well, I feel your pain. Haven't experienced a 9.1, but Alaska gets earthquakes ALL the time. 7.1 epicenter was less than 20mi from my hs in 2018. Took us 2 days to clean up our home. I still have ptsd from that earthquake. Anywho. I noticed from all the videos I've seen of the people of Japan, almost everyone is cool as a cucumber. Hardly anyone freaks out. I'm impressed. I like your videos. Take care!
This is quintessential John's amazing reporting/recounting his experiences of, and in, Japan. I watched this as VOD as missed the live broadcast and sat enthralled for the full video, feeling every emotion John went through . The part when he teared up and had to recompose himself was so emotional .. it made me fight back a tear also as I could feel his sincerity and memories being recounted...
Keep on going John... you shine a light over all of Japan....
Sending love to Japan ❤ from Austria
If there was no pandemic, we would be right now there playing concerts, touring the country.
Hope for better times for beloved Japan and the whole world.
Hi John, thank you for sharing your experience of the earthquake. I remember watching the news on NHK World and stories they did on the aftermath of it. I pray for everyone who lost their lives and the people who survived. I remember trying get in touch withy friends who are living Japan to see if they were okay.
Must have been so traumatic. Thank you for sharing your story. A real eye opener.
When this happened we were in Vancouver then and Yaya looked up at the sky and saw that it was dotted with circular clouds and she said it would be a big earthquake and maybe a tsunami. Later we got calls from family in Japan and heard the news. Just a few weeks ago with that long earthquake we had in Tokyo (with you) it was scary too because it lasted so long. We were worried in case there would be another as big to follow. Amazing how we could look to the sky to see that something was happening on earth. I'll never forget that.
I'm happy and sad that you shared this story with us. Happy because I always appreciate your insight and reporting on all things Japan, but sad that you had to experience this. This earthquake was so devastating and no only in Japan...this earthquake figuratively reverberated all over the world. This earthquake was constantly being reported worldwide for months because of the devastation that Japan experienced and my heart goes out to them as I also fell in love with Japan when I was there in the 90s while I was in Amori with my family.
I remember my first big experience during the 1993 Hokkaido earthquake. I remember it so vividly because I remember I had the flu and my dad had to pick me up from school. I just remember getting home like a normal day and then going to bed then BOOM! Everything in my room was falling over, I remember my dad running in my room to get me while I was completely drugged up on flu medicine and trying to get my bearings. Everything in our home was swaying because of how awesome high rises are built in Japan, but the power of this earthquake...WOW. I remember holding my younger brother in the doorway and just hearing my mother cry and my dad trying to save our big grandfather clock that we just got from a local redwood store in Japan. Just hearing you share your experience just reminded me of my own.
I'm glad everything worked out for you at the end and I'm so appreciative to have your channel to go to in order to remember Japan. I miss it so much and can't wait to go back and share all my childhood to my own kids and fiance. Much love!
Hi, John.
As survivor to catastrophic earthquake event, you eloquently described my experience during the earthquake that struck my home town in 2018.
I never felt anything like it before. Being thrown side to side like a rag doll. It's just a horrifying experience, and I also thought I would die.
I hope you stay strong, brother. You will persevere.
That day, I was at the office. Everyone was glued to the TV at the office lobby, watching the waters rushing in, crossing fields, blocking roads in real time. We were stunned, horrified, and had goosebumps while watching. It was surreal. Then we started called our Japan office to see if our colleagues were safe. They were, but many lost their homes.
Thank you John for staying in Japan, and showing the rest of us how Japan is doing through it all.
Thank you for sharing. On the day of the anniversary and the day after, I felt SO much emotion come out of nowhere. Almost couldn't go to work. I think the difficulty processing this particular earthquake, for me, is that the magnitude was such that it should've been so much more devastating. We felt in our bones and nervous system what crushes buildings and causes tsunamis. Our bodies took that force. Plus when I watched the tsunami footage for the first time on Thursday, it quadrupled my emotions just from empathy and feeling part of what caused so much tragedy. It's a lot, I think. But from it I think comes more strength, understanding of life, and appreciation for it.
All that said, hearing that "flyjin" became a derogatory term is kinda disappointing, as someone who chose to evacuate after the reactor incident. That was a complicated situation. No one knew how things were going to turn out and if things had gone the other way, and we stayed, what then? People made the best decisions they could with the options available to them. And not everyone was planning on living there indefinitely anyway. Definitely glad I was wrong though! I still love Japan as much as a flygin can.
Blessings to the people who survived and May the Souls of the people who passed Rest in Peace Always 🙏 ✌️ ♥ Levent 🦁
Man i can totally relate with your words. Here in Chile we had some of the biggest earthquakes in recorded history. Like japanese people we are kind of used to them, but when they're as big as the one you're referring to... well that's a complete different animal. The one we had here on february 27th 2010 was also really huge, and i tell you... i felt the exact same way. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this... Cheers.
Chile has horrific quakes as well, and I reckon you're prepared for them, but when they're over 8 - you just cannot prepare for that, you just do the best you can to save your family.
@@jduff59 Exactly
I'll watch this now every ten years in memories of this unique day. My honest respect for you being so strong and talking about your personal memories, too, giving us this realistic inside view. May you all recover physically and mentally!
Also, you should really really try to contact the guy who invited you to a tea. He may wants to contact you, too.
Living in New Zealand i know exactly what you mean about earthquakes the feeling of not being in control and things breaking around you and rocking side to side is the scariest experience anyone can have. The ground feels like jelly too.
We can't forget about how bad the NZ quake was either. Sad to admit I'd forgotten about that horrible event - and I hope lives are rebuilt. A bad quake takes away your confidence and any sense of well-being.
I know what you were going through. I experienced the Sylmar earthquake 2/9/71 and Northridge 1/17/94 and can concurre what you were going through. Very scary indeed.
Heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing.
When I was 8, I saw it on the internet about the horrifying earthquake in Japan. I felt terrible during the one clip (which is the tsunami) that I watched. It was really saddening that those people died during the earthquake. Thanks for sharing your experience, John.
Thank You so much for sharing this. I didn’t know this. So educational.
Never lived in Japan but I remember watching this all over in the news. I can't believe how fast time flies
Thank you so much for sharing this story. I could really feel how impactful that day and its aftermath was for you. You also made me try to fathom how the people most directly affected felt. You made me stop and try feel the suffering to the extent that one so removed such as I could feel it. This is sharing on TH-cam at its finest. Bravo for this live stream.
Foreigners travel and move to Tokyo and Osaka with ease, but they don't know that the huge earthquakes that occurred there in the past could happen again, at any time. Another eerie thing is that the active volcano, Mt.Fuji stop eructation long years.
March 11 is my husband birthday and we both live in Japan🇯🇵 i will never forget that day.
Lost so many innocent lives. I lost a friend she was American teacher 😢😭 going home on bicycle 🚲 when tsunami hit. They never discovered her 😥😔😟
I cry 😢 today and its hard to celebrate my husband birthday due to this tragedy 😢
My niece has her birthday on this day too. We are in Christchurch NZ so know how you are feeling. ❤️💜
@@sheilakendall1671 thanks sweetie 🙏
So glad that you are ok and with us.
You summarised what I felt in Tokyo 2 days after the quake. I was at the end of my skiing in Niseko on the day the quake hit. Plan to stop at Tokyo for a few days and later journey on to Kyoto. Spent 4 days in Tokyo before evacuated out.
My friends and I had just landed in San Francisco from Hawaii for our girl’s trip. We turned the tv on in our Airbnb. We watched and wondered what was happening? We were in shock. We couldn’t believe what was happening. We were so saddened by all the lives lost. Even the San Francisco area and Carmel area had tsunami watches from that earthquake. Our hearts still go out to the families that lost loved ones.
Thank you for sharing this.
Yeah man, the helplessness is brutal. No warning and boom. Got hit with multiple strong ones last year and last month here in our place in the Philippines. Stay safe everyone.
I was working as a producer at a local radio station in Philadelphia, PA ten years ago when the news of the earthquake came over the Associated Press news wire. Just watching everything unfold while seeing it online was heart wrenching. 😥
@Only in Japan *GO Hi John, I really enjoy watching your videos. I have severe chronic lower back and neck pain. Most nights I can't sleep because of my chronic pain. I binge watch your videos when I can't sleep. Watching your videos helps me forget about my chronic pain. Thank you for making your videos.
Thank you for sharing your story of the horrific quake and tsunami of 2011. very informative, instructional, personal and human. I responded to the loss and devestation, very emotional. It's important for your healing to tell someone, as I'm sure you know. I thought Fukashima was a town and not a region. Anyway, I admire the strong people who have rebuilt their lives and helped others. It's crucial to come together at these times. Thank you
I remember back then I had just started working for Tokyo Disneyland on the U.S. side…we were in constant contact for 3 days straight monitoring the situation and watching the news…the resilience of Japanese people during this time was absolutely amazing. How everyone came together shows the true strength of Japanese society…and still to this day every year in June we have a fundraiser to help support the Farmers who lost everything in the tsunami
Thank you for sharing. I listened while getting ready for work. It has become a somber morning listening to you, but I think it is important people share their stories.
So 10 years since a one of the biggest earthquakes in history and in the same day one year the pandemic became official, thats eerie
Powers that be like to work with numbers 3-11 & 9-11
Thank you for sharing your experience. Because of covid, I learned what it feels like to almost lose all my family members and I felt horrible. My heart is with everybody in Japan who experienced such traumatic events.
It was so insightful to hear your point of view. It's so crazy to me that you have been in Japan for as long as I have been alive, and that it have been 10 years since the earthquake already. It had a huge impact on me at the time, even on the other side of the world, and I don't think I'll ever forget about it. I wonder how we will look back on the pandemic in 10 years.
Thanks for this stream of your experiences of 11 March, John. Terrifying and powerful. I shared both this and your earlier edited episode on my social networks...
Wow thank you for sharing your story. You are a very good soul.
Hi John. Your video is very moving. Just for you to know: This whole week in France the TV news have recalled the event with sobriey and respect for the Japanese people (at least in a show called "Quotidien" I believe, so that people here do not forget. Wa do not forget. And we sympathize with you all, especially the families who lost loved one, homes... Sending love, tenderness and warmth to the Japanese people. We love you.
Thank you for sharing your story. It definitely made me emotional a few times. I was in Oita three weeks after the earthquake as an exchange student, and I think because Kyushu is so far from Tohoku, it was life as usual there. People went out for hanami and generally acted like nothing had happened. The only signs that something was wrong were a couple food shortages for the first month or so.
Good to hear from u! Oh you ran Tokyo marathon. You did it very well 🙏💪
I feel that I resonate better with Japan than with any other place I have ever been to (including my home country). I can only begin to imagine the love that foreigners who chose to stay there after 2011 feel. And I've seen a few youtubers (including yourself) where it just transpires from the way they talk and what they do. Powerful stuff. Thank you for this stream and for the documentary on your other channel.
Lucky me. I have met not one but TWO Japanese ambassadors to Canada here where I live.
I'm very happy I met Ambassador Ishikawa. After the earthquake he was quoted by the press in Canada
as having been "moved to tears" by the support for Japan in Canada. And my friend Stacy is in Tokyo now teaching English.
Bless you more John for uplifting beautiful Tohoku‼️👍👏👏👏🌾⛰⛷⛴🍶❄️🌈🙏♥️
I remembered that day too. I was at Japan Embassy in SG to apply for a visa to Japan and while waiting, I saw the news on the tv. I was shocked. :(
Prayers!! I remember that day clearly.
Thanks for sharing. Can only imagine a disaster that effected the Whole country than not knowing what was the outcome! Japan is not Of this world an I hope to Visit Soon!! 💖 Love&Prayers from Calgary Canada 🇨🇦
Wow, thank you for sharing your experience with the disaster.
Thank you John, for sharing your thoughts, fellings and stories with us.
When Oklahoma were having earthquakes like 4.0s . One time I was at McDonald's having breakfast the lights were moving and the rumbling. I kept calm but few people were freaking out and then when I was at home I was on my couch. It is best to be calm and get where its safe. It's kind of like us in Oklahoma when we have tornadoes. They can happen any time and any day all year long. So glad you thought of your pet. So far we haven't any earthquakes for awhile. It doesn't mean it isn't happening.
Hey neighbor, Kansan here. We’ve had some good shakers here as well (not as much as you have) and they are so strange to feel. Cannot even imagine how that 9.0 earthquake felt.
Hard to believe it has been 10 years since the earthquake; the tsunami that followed; and the devastation. I have been through the 1994 Northridge quake and the most recent 2019 Ridgecrest quake. Despite experiencing those two in my lifetimes; nothing quite compares to the Tohoku quake although the 2004 Indian Ocean quake comes very close.
Seeing your video brings back what being in a quake is like. After living through a natural disaster you think differently about where your home is and about how you place things in your home. I can't even imagine the trauma the survivors must feel to this day.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
One of the best videos I ever saw on TH-cam. The emotion is raw and real. 3.14 - Awesome time too John! 353 my best.
Ben Davidson / Suspiscious0bservers the best at Earthquake Prediction based off solar science.
Thanks so much for your story about this. I understand about your experience. Arigato again. Oh yeah I saw that on the news . I remember there were two dogs there rescued they were helping each other. ❤🐕🐕
Johnさん、ありがとう🙏
People all over the world helped and pray for Japan.
Japanese never forget．
Thank you very much🙏
I experienced the 1995 Kobe and Awajishima earthquake in Osaka.
My house was broken half.
Wow - I remember talking a little about this when Kanae and I were there in 2019 in Awajishima.the Hanshin Earthquake was much more violent and lightning fast in striking! I’m glad you’re okay.
@@onlyinjapanGO 様
On the Awaji Island, there are traces of the ground moving and can be seen.During the 1995 earthquake,
The Shindo was until only ６．
Thank you for introducing the tragedy 10 years ago．
You were experienced, an earthquake shake and a storm.
This was also a valuable video.
Thank you very much 🙏
I was there in Japan that day too. My first time being in Japan too. Was very crazy time.
thats unlucky...i come from a country that has no earthquake so when i experienced my first one in japan(it was a small aftershock a few days after the mag 5 one in osaka), i kinda freaked out abit and ran out of the apartment until i realized it was a small one lol..at first i thought the vibration was coming from someone's phone that was on the ground...we were stunned for a few seconds before realizing it was an earthquake.
I can never forget this day and what was documented. So many tears shed for this even now.
Thank you, grazie John. Loving Japan since I was a small boy..I remember that 10 years ago watching the images of the news .... I cried almost all day. But then I remembered how strong they were, how strong the Japanese people are ... of their discipline, honesty, courage! And I knew that everything would return to normal quickly! Because in this, they are the number 1 !! Respect and Love for Japan forever !!
Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for sharing what must have been a very harrowing experience for you and all those who went through it. 🙏🏼😢 . Maybe start a Kickstarter event for the region affected?
Thank you for sharing your story with us.
Hey John, this was nice to hear your story. It sounded very scary and traumatic. I was in Tokyo in March 2018 and I happened to experience a 5.3 mag earthquake when I was up high in my hotel room one afternoon. The building was swaying quite a bit and it was very scary for me as I am not used to earthquakes living in Toronto. I panicked and looked down at the street from the window and saw people all stop and sit on the ground or go under a doorway of a shop. Also, I heard that alarm you played earlier. It only lasted about 15 seconds or so I'd say but I was so scared so I can only imagine what you went through....
I remember I was watching the NHK World Livestream (yes, I was 10 years old, watching NHK) and watching the news bulletins.
I remember that day being so sad, ironically, that was the day a huge thunderstorm came in and knocked out the power supply to half of the state.
I spent three years in Japan as a member of the U.S. Air Force. I've been through a number of earthquakes and time stands still until the rumbling and shaking stops. Love your channel, John.
I was so sad for Japan that day. Much love from America 💋
That day, i was living in Portugal, i was on night shift and at 6 am i started to see the Tv channels interrupting their programs and giving the news
Every hotel I went too in Japan I always made sure that I checked the torch in the room to make sure it worked and exactly where the "Escape Hatch" is (actual Engrish written on one Emergency Exit sign).
This is still heartbreaking - I've survived bad earthquakes, but this was a horrific quake and a thousand-year tsunami. Japan is the only country where this doesn't kill a half a million people. I realise that sounds hollow to anyone who lost people close to them, but the fact that people were prepared greatly accounted for lives saved.
Thanks for sharing your story, John. You’ve shown us some amazing things about Japanese culture, and your personal experiences. But as simple as this video was, it was one of your more powerful ones.
Be safe.
Hello John, I send you a cordial greeting, and I really appreciate your video, and all the feelings and sad memories that you transmit after having lived through this tragedy, I can mention that we have a lot in common in this matter, the tremors and earthquakes, they also have their sad history in Mexico, we suffer from the same, and all that you mention has also been lived here on different dates, the greatest 1932, 1942, 1957, 1973, 1985, 2012, 2017 and 2019; the learning that all these tragedies have left us have made us much more aware that when nature rules, there is not much to do, just pray and wait if you can free it and stay alive; the 1985 earthquake has been the most devastating in terms of deaths and destruction, I just want to end by saying that we are fortunate to continue after living such great tragedies, I send a big hug to you and Kanae, take good care of yourselves.
When John returned to Tohoku a couple of months ago I thought John was rather composed but I guess the anniversary brought back many of the raw emotions from that time. I will never forget the images and videos from that time. Among them the black sludge as the tsunami swept inland which reminded me of the river sludge from Ghibli's Spirited Away, the numerous fires from burst natural gas lines and the sight of Sendai airport slowly going underwater. I was on vacation in London and was quite upset and distracted by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. I think of some of the victims and how they floated out to sea never to be seen again clinging to the tops of their vehicles.
John's recollection of the survivor stories was deeply affecting and it is very commendable for him to have listened to them. It also serves as a very valuable lesson because many people are uncomfortable being in the presence of other people's grief. A lot of it stems from not knowing what to do to provide comfort. But as John points out you simply have to be present, listen and be willing to share their grief. Much respect to John for going out of his way to do that.
You are the reason my wife and I came to Japan back in 2019. We will be back and I have such a respect and love for the people all over. So many people treated us with kindness. A woman and her son gave us beautiful pictures on the Shinkansen. A train station worker helped us when we were lost. Several staff and police helped me when I lost my wallet and numerous experiences I will always remember. Also as a therapist you are very helpful :)
Thanks for sharing your story John, and 👏🏻 for staying and seeing it through, it must have affected so many lives throughout Japan.
And love to Italian bombshell, you and your daughter are in my thoughts ♥️
It’s amazing there was still electricity after the earthquake.
Your description of how bad the earthquake felt is even more amazing knowing that the epicenter was still hundreds of miles away!
I was in Japan January of that year. When i found out about this tsunami and earthquake i had finished work for the day and was at the gym watching it unfold on the TVs there and my heart just sunk for the people of Japan. I still to this day feel bad for the people of Japan and and glad to here that thing's are getting better slowly
I've been lucky enough to visit wonderful Japan seven times over the course my life (next trip: as soon as my wife and I can travel!); on each of my first five trips (starting wayyyy back to 1973!), I felt earthquakes. In early 1992, when there was snow on the ground in Yokosuka, we had a quake at night that was a good shaker. We evacuated our buildings and stood or stomped around in the cold night to keep warm until the all-clear was sounded. Growing up in Los Angeles, California, I've experienced quakes all my life: I remember one in early 1953 (when I was three years old and one of the first things I remember) that occurred late at night and sent my father reeling around the room where I was and into the hallway. These memories never go away. "Terra firma": don't believe it! Thanks for sharing your memories... and feed your precious Kanae! 😁
My worst day, too. We share many friends.
Thank you for sharing your experience on that fateful day. I remember watching it on TV and felt so sad as the water flowed inland and destroyed so many homes and businesses. Many blessings that day for those who survived. Including you and Kanae who were able to find each other, fall in love and get married. We're happy you are alive and well and that you have come into our lives. You are loved and appreciated my bro!
It must have been a traumatic experience. My heart is always with the Japanese people on this day each year
That video is downright terrifying and that anchor is boss......
What a great reverential retelling of this traumatic event, sounds truly terrifying. Thanks for sharing your experience ✨
Heard there was a quake today in Wakayama. Stay safe
Those memories will probably stay with you for a very long time. Embrace that & give thanks that you are here today to tell us what it’s like.
Thank godness you are alive ne i think this is the biggest eathguake in the history
Thanks for sharing John, my first earthquake was in Japan, it was after this one in Tokyo and much smaller, I believe 5.2. The Japanese were like it was just a a little tremor. I was on the 35th floor in shinjuku.
Man that news rep reporting the earthquake as it happens.... That is some discipline.
110% Professional!
it's no different from the reporters that chases after hurricanes while everyone is running away from it.
Just finished watching the video then I scrolled back up to discover that 27 people have clicked on the thumb down button.
Now I am wondering about the reason to click on the thumb down button.
Immature idiocy or misplaced vindictiveness
Australians
@@its_EZ - even down under a thumb up stays a thumb up.
18:15 Me, my girlfriend at the time and my family were watching it all in horror..
Can't blame anyone for flying away (flyjin) everyone reacts differently during disaster , and everyone has their own reasons.
Thank you for sharing your deepest and most difficult emotions and memories with us John. It is difficult to believe it's been 10 years already even though your video had brought all the memories back as if it was just yesterday. I visited Japan often before and after the earthquake, and being in the same cities (I went to Hakodate Apr 2010 then July 2011) and seeing the damage done to the cities made it feel real and raw. It serves as a good reminder during these current difficult times that we are actually very lucky to be able to "stay home". There is always light and hope and I know I will go back to the Tohoku region soon when it's safe to do so!
John, do you believe in the tsunami ghosts? Curious if you have any stories to share. Unsolved mysteries on Netflix season 2 did a great job on it.
It was like the end of the world. So sad.
It's been 10 years already? Damn I feel old.
Me too, can’t believe how fast it went by.
Same, I remember reading it on newspaper as an elementary school student and now I’m already a college student... A lot had changed since then...
Hi john, again... long time no see. I heard of this great tohoku earthquake in the I survived series. Japan is peaceful but there is some dark spirit in geology hiding from us 🤔. I feel ya. I know how it feels. I’ve been in an earthquake before and it wasn’t too big for me. But still i know how u feel. Well cya and I might see u in the weekend. Bye.
Japan is such a beautiful country. But it's location between multiple tectonic plates, is unfortunate. However the society and culture might have been different without it...
Regarding the podcast. It is inaccessible through iTunes. But Facebook seems to have cached the videos. They are under "videos" on the Weblish account.
Regarding old videos. I believe you where thinking about uploading your old travel (hitch-hiking) videos to youtube. The more the merrier. Can't get enough of your videos. :)
Aww big hugs❤❤❤