Kumamoto marks 4th quake anniv. in downsized ceremony amid pandemic

Mainichi Japan ^ | 4/14/20

[sushiman]

The southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto on Tuesday marked the fourth anniversary of a pair of massive earthquakes that killed 275 people with a scaled-down ceremony amid the coronavirus pandemic.

[sushiman]

Tow nights I shall never forget . First quake hit exactly 2 weeks after we moved into a newly built house in Kumamoto City . Epicenter of first quake was about 5 miles down the road .

[BBQToadRibs]

I was in Kumamoto city circa 1990. The volcano was just mildly active. Little burps of ash a couple times a month. That people took that as normal, living by a live fire volcano as normal... Heh.

Loved the regional food. The Kumamoto ramen noodles were awesome, very different.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

When we lived in Yokohama, it seemed we had an earthquake every week.

The rule was: Easy back and forth movement wouldn’t cause problems.
Up and down movement would jump the streeetcars off their tracks.