[Zeppo]

Appreciate the info... While I have long been interested in visiting the Tohoku region, I haven’t actually been there. I’ve visited Japan twice, but haven’t been there since 1998...

[BunnySlippers]

Gizmodo keeps adding videos that Japanese people have taken during the quake.

http://gizmodo.com/#!5780964/the-japan-earthquake-seen-by-millions-of-digital-cameras-updating-live/gallery/1

Very interesting. And a great way to see inside Japanese homes. How well appointed and how skillfully the Japanese live in small quarters. I’m impressed.

I watched almost all of them.

[Vigilanteman]

I lived in Tohoku, 1977-79, my first encounter with Japan. Loved it and ended up coming back 1988-2002, which was divided between the Tokyo and Kobe areas.

I can even remember the characters of Kessennuma :

1. Ke with the double consonant for steam.
   
2. Sen for hermit (same as Sendai)
   
3. Numa for swampy or marshy area.

   It was about a 70 minute (local) train ride from Ichinoseki as I recall.