For a second, we thought life in our community would get back to normal... But it was just for a second.
Last night, Hijiori Onsen decided to receive 100 victims of earthquake for 1,000yen per night, with 3 meals. This was informed on TV, and our village office is having too many inquiries.
I was at the meeting. Some were skeptical about it, saying that we might not be able to receive victims when we don't even have enough fuels or food.
But most were up for it. One guy said that our situation is far better than those who are sleeping on the cold floor of school gym, without much food, spending days without bath.
We have plenty of empty rooms in the Ryokans, electricity (so far), and even great hot spring. We should do what we can do for the people who are in much worse situation.
I totally agree with him!
The situation is changing minute by minute.
As everyone knows, the nuclear power plant in Fukushima had a leak. Today, about 300 people moved into Yamagata to evacuate. Tomorrow, probably more.
One family arrived at Hijiori last night from the city by the power plant. 9 people in a van, they brought everything they could take out of their house. They are staying at one of the Ryokans.
In my Ryokan, last night arrived an old couple from Miyagi. Their house was far away from the coast, but they still don't have electricity or water. They expected that we had enough petrol in Yamagata, but they went to the gas station in Hijiori, only to find that they had stopped selling petrol the day before. Their stay might extend...
Today, a family from the coast of Miyagi arrived. A young couple with small children, and their grand parents. They said that the shop they own is destroyed. Their house was OK, but they live on the 11th floor of a building. And no electricity means no elevator! There is no water so they had to have many rounds of carrying water to 11th floor!!
We can be a shelter for them.
But the electricity shortage is serious. Tomorrow, we'll have a scheduled blackout.
Since Yamagata and Akita and part of Aomori were not affected as much. These areas will have blackout for 3 hours/day to save electricity in Tohoku.
Solidarity!
Last night, Hijiori Onsen decided to receive 100 victims of earthquake for 1,000yen per night, with 3 meals. This was informed on TV, and our village office is having too many inquiries.
I was at the meeting. Some were skeptical about it, saying that we might not be able to receive victims when we don't even have enough fuels or food.
But most were up for it. One guy said that our situation is far better than those who are sleeping on the cold floor of school gym, without much food, spending days without bath.
We have plenty of empty rooms in the Ryokans, electricity (so far), and even great hot spring. We should do what we can do for the people who are in much worse situation.
I totally agree with him!
The situation is changing minute by minute.
As everyone knows, the nuclear power plant in Fukushima had a leak. Today, about 300 people moved into Yamagata to evacuate. Tomorrow, probably more.
One family arrived at Hijiori last night from the city by the power plant. 9 people in a van, they brought everything they could take out of their house. They are staying at one of the Ryokans.
In my Ryokan, last night arrived an old couple from Miyagi. Their house was far away from the coast, but they still don't have electricity or water. They expected that we had enough petrol in Yamagata, but they went to the gas station in Hijiori, only to find that they had stopped selling petrol the day before. Their stay might extend...
Today, a family from the coast of Miyagi arrived. A young couple with small children, and their grand parents. They said that the shop they own is destroyed. Their house was OK, but they live on the 11th floor of a building. And no electricity means no elevator! There is no water so they had to have many rounds of carrying water to 11th floor!!
We can be a shelter for them.
But the electricity shortage is serious. Tomorrow, we'll have a scheduled blackout.
Since Yamagata and Akita and part of Aomori were not affected as much. These areas will have blackout for 3 hours/day to save electricity in Tohoku.
Solidarity!
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