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Japan 2.0: Typhoons + Earthquakes = Shopping
By Nick Hodge | July 16, 2007
Picture: Distant view of Typhoon clouds from Hotel Room
Typhoon number 4 (official name) hit Okinawa, and skimmed the eastern shores of Japan. Completely missing Tokyo, but stopping many services for a few minutes on Sunday. We were out in the worst of it in Harajuku on Saturday. Wind+Rain = Shopping in Japan. Everyone was out and about.
Then on Monday morning at around 10:19am, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit to the north of Tokyo. We were in the hotel room at the time, and Avril thought I was being funny rocking the bed. I thought she was muddling around packing bags. Nope, it was an earthquake. My greatest fear was that I was only in my jocks. Avril and Liam were concerned about our greater welfare. Within a minute or two, it was over, and we watched the aftermath on TV.
Note: my mum reminded me that this was my second earthquake. When I was 5, Nowra NSW had an earthquake. I must admit I don't remember the earthquake, but I do remember our cat.
It seemed that Tokyo went onto its main business: shopping. So we joined in the crowds at Akihabara
Topics: hodgejapanjul07, japan |
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