Tohoku Gakuin University

 The Izumi campus of Tohoku Gakuin University was badly damaged in the various quakes, particularly the second big one in early April. Even though classes have started later than usual, the campus is still under reconstruction.

 The campus is on the top of a hill and from the buildings this road leads out to a road that goes straight down the hill. The trees are ginko trees and they are trimmed back every year, so at this time of year they always look strange, a little sad and lonely.

 Next to the university campus, the organization also runs a high school and it is on your left as you go down the hill. This is just one of the high school buildings.

 This is a better view of the hillside that collapsed. I showed the blockage on the road in an earlier post.

 This is an even better view. You can see that a large section of the hillside slide downhill for a couple of meters.

 The drainage system in most places in Japan is excellent. The various canals have been under construction for at least 1,500 years. This little foot bridge looks like it may have been here the whole time.

 The canal in the above picture merges with another and goes under the road to broaden out into a real body of running water.

This is still typical of many of the sidewalks in Sendai. Work is slowly progressing but the only places that are being repaired are those that might cause a person to trip and fall. Also the work must be delayed until the insurance adjusters have seen the problem, photographed it, and made a report so that funds for the repairs can be released.

NOTE: The number of earthquakes per day is still decreasing. The website that I featured in a previous blog is now showing an average of only two quakes (magnitude 4+) and those are mostly 1 or 2 on the Japanese scale, which means we often do not feel them.

Yesterday the remains of a typhoon passed through this area and caused a lot of damage. The winds, while not at typhoon levels, were still high and caused problems and destruction along the coastal areas. Also we had a huge amount of rain and that caused flooding in the low lying areas, those that sank below sea level were then hit with a high tide.