Escape from the Tsunami and Radiation
After the magnitude-9 earthquake, many people had a lot of hardship trying to escape from the tsunami and nuclear disaster. They encountered […]
Author: Real Fukushima
Along National Route 6
You are allowed to drive / bike / walk on Route 6 running through the current exclusion zone. There used to be […]
JR Joban Line is Being Resotred
The JR Joban Line train was fully closed due to the evacuation orders. However, since 2020, it’s now fully reopened and resumed […]
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
Can I visit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant? Yes, you can, yet, the site is still in process of decontamination and decommissioning. […]
Volunteers Work Hard
Mitsuo Matsumoto established the Minamisoma Volunteer Center and has managed it since May 2011. Since then more than fifty thousand volunteers have […]
Marine House Futaba
This building is located about 3.5km (2.2mi) from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. When the tsunami hit, it washed away the […]
Fish Nursery used Thermal Effluent from the Nuclear Plant
This fish nursery once used thermal effluent (water heated by the cooling systems) from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The nursery […]
Evacuation order lifted in Tomioka
In April 2017, the evacuation order was lifted for most of Tomioka Town, allowing people to return there to live. The supermarket […]
Fifty People Ran up the Stairway of Suwa Shrine
When the tsunami hit the small village area of Morotake, located in the town of Namie, fifty people survived by running up […]
Town of Okuma
Before the earthquake and the nuclear accident, the town of Okuma had a population of 11 thousand and covered 78 km2. You can now […]