Great advice! I especially appreciate the link to the Tokyo emergency guidebook. My daughter had a hard copy and I felt it was really informative. It’s good to have the link to the PDF. I need a refresher course in preparedness!
Elizabeth, your article is detailed and gives so much useful information to anyone living in the Chiba region on how and where to access vital resources in case of an earthquake emergency. Great job! As you quoted, “stay safe “.
The volume of resources and guidance from the national agencies, local governments, and media outlets in English is impressive and I hope it puts at ease foreign residents who are learning the Japanese language.
And to be honest, I collected the info to make a guide for myself as much as for fellow foreign residents in the region.
I took the Nankai Trough mega-quake advisory as a refresher, too. It's not like this catastrophe will happen this week. The probablility is marginally higher. That's all.
And I went through my bug-out bag, made sure all my gadgets are powered up, and confirmed where my passports are (I have a few) amongst other ID documents.
The way I see it is that the Nankai Trough advisory might be a false alarm, but it serves us as a drill for any calamity.
In 2019, we had to evacuate our Kawasaki apartment for nine days when 7,000 tons of water flooded the two sub basements, knocking out power and water. It's not an experience I want to repeat, but it's better to be prepared than not prepared.
Great advice! I especially appreciate the link to the Tokyo emergency guidebook. My daughter had a hard copy and I felt it was really informative. It’s good to have the link to the PDF. I need a refresher course in preparedness!
That guidebook is invaluable for people who live and/or work in Tokyo and greater Tokyo.
I can't seem to find a publishing date for that guidebook. However, I noted that I found at least one out of date URL.
By the way, here is the link for all the PDFs - https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/english/guide/bosai/index.html
Thank you!
Elizabeth, your article is detailed and gives so much useful information to anyone living in the Chiba region on how and where to access vital resources in case of an earthquake emergency. Great job! As you quoted, “stay safe “.
The volume of resources and guidance from the national agencies, local governments, and media outlets in English is impressive and I hope it puts at ease foreign residents who are learning the Japanese language.
And to be honest, I collected the info to make a guide for myself as much as for fellow foreign residents in the region.
We updated our earthquake emergency supplies this week.
I took the Nankai Trough mega-quake advisory as a refresher, too. It's not like this catastrophe will happen this week. The probablility is marginally higher. That's all.
And I went through my bug-out bag, made sure all my gadgets are powered up, and confirmed where my passports are (I have a few) amongst other ID documents.
The way I see it is that the Nankai Trough advisory might be a false alarm, but it serves us as a drill for any calamity.
In 2019, we had to evacuate our Kawasaki apartment for nine days when 7,000 tons of water flooded the two sub basements, knocking out power and water. It's not an experience I want to repeat, but it's better to be prepared than not prepared.