Today is the day that we were finally supposed to meet our host families! So there we were, at the train station, waiting to go our separate ways, and suddenly the six of us heading to Sendai were told that there had been a big earthquake in Sendai and all the trains were down. An Earthquake! So we waited, and waited, and gradually everyone else left to catch their trains. The YFU coordinators were trying to figure out if we would be able to take a later train or if we would have to spend another night in Tokyo. After hours of hanging out at Starbucks, we were finally told that we would be spending the night at the Hotel Universe. Trying to navigate my hundred pounds of luggage through the Tokyo subway station was definitely an adventure. We finally made it to the small hotel, and immediately turned on the TV. The earthquake was just north of Sendai in the northern prefecture of Iwate. Apparently there was no serious damage to Sendai. We'll see tomorrow though.
News Report
Saturday, June 14, 2008
EARTHQUAKE
Posted by Lexi at 2:24 PM
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Oh, yeah, Sendai is infamous for the earthquakes. It's not a big deal there, I guess, my friend there has been through at least five-ish already in the last 2 months.
AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU CAME TO JAPAN?!?! 8DDD
Dear Alexa,
We heard about the earthquake last night and immediately went to check out the news reports. Your mom was relieved when I was able to tell her that only two people had died, one by getting hit by a truck and the other was a fisherman caught in a mud slide (we figured neither could have been you). Then I saw a report that the trains shut down automatically when there is a quake, and your mom figured the quake happened before the train left Tokyo, and we went to sleep thinking that you were going to have another adventure.
Hundreds of pounds of luggage through the subway. Did any cute guys help you? So glad we got your roots done.
Much Love
Henry and Mom
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