Tohoku Shinkansen (Bullet Train) will fully resume service to Sendai on April 29
It will take you from Tokyo to Sendai in 3 hours! "Tohoku region needs the support of tourists, too"! Even in an area damaged by the quake, people are enjoying the cherry blossoms.
Iwaki, Fukushima on April 17 Pictures of quake damage are from a month ago. "A hard-hit Japanese city sees signs of hope in road repair, reopened shops"
In case you haven't seen this picture, "The Japanese road repaired SIX days after it was destroyed by quake" Readers' comments are pretty funny. My Indian friend says it would take two years for the same repair in India. She was really impressed with Japan's post WWII recovery when she visited Japan. She said "In India, you would still be able to see the destruction after 60 years!" LOL If you think the picture is a fake, here's NEXCO's press release (in Japanese.) |
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