It’s an amazing feeling to see Tsutaya (DVD Chain) and Starbucks open again near Sendai (directly impacted area) Station. But at the same time, there is shattered glass everywhere around the Forus department store and everywhere I turn I see the ground surface bulging and caving out of shape. There are even little holes all over the ground near the busy city center where moles had dug their ways out of the ground. Yes, life is much harder now and I still cannot sleep ever since the terror of the quake. But the atmosphere around the city of Sendai is bright and lively, free as ever.
(Original Japanese text)
仙台駅東口のTSUTAYA、アエル２Fのスタバが営業を再開していて感動。同時にフォーラスのガラスが落下している現場や、仙台駅周辺の陥没や地面のうねり、近所のもぐらが全部地上に出てきた無数の穴のあとも。生活は不便に一変、未だ安眠できないけれど、仙台の街の空気は明るくて自由なままだ
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