Shibuya after Tokyo Earthquake 2011, Japan shopping

Strange cloud patterns above 109

It is fairly quiet in Tokyo at the moment, a day after the 8.9 Magnitude strike in Tohoku northern Japan. I went out to Shibuya in the afternoon to see what the mood in town was. There were as many people out as normal, but more than half the stores were operating, although some at a reduced level.

We have been asked to conserve power at the moment as the stability of the electricity supply may be uncertain with Japan’s nuclear reactors damaged.

Here are a few photos showing the scene to be fairly normal and calm in Shibuya

Shibuya Station an the crossing

Looking through the entrance of Center-gai

Center-gai

Forever21 where HMV used to be

Time for a quick coffee at Doutor

Lots of new shops around here at the moment

Bic Camera

A few people on the street. Less than normal

Time to catch the train home

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Luca Bardella says:

July 18, 2012 at 5:31 am

Yamanote!

JosephineSicad says:

March 18, 2011 at 2:58 pm

Hi there… i liv now in singapore… we all are praying for Japan… Hoping everyone will stay strong.
Thanks for your post. it’s indeed good to hear news from the ground…me and my husband are actually still pushing thru our travel plans to Japan by first week of April. Take care.

Shibuya246 says:

March 13, 2011 at 1:11 pm

Thanks. We are all watching events on the news. The tsunami waves after the earthquake in and near Sendai have caused a great loss of life and damage in that region. Tokyo is lucky on this occasion not to be badly affected.

Tristan says:

March 13, 2011 at 6:07 am

So glad to hear you are OK Alan……when I heard about the earthquake, my thought immediately went to people like yourself who bring me my ‘Japanese fix’

Thankyou for the pics and the updates…good to hear news ‘from the ground’

tristan