The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution

The site and memorial wall of the Hanshin earthquake. The Hanshin earthquake, also known as the Kobe earthquake, refers to the earthquake disaster that occurred at 5:46:52 a.m. on January 17, 1995 in Kansai, Japan, on the scale of 7.3 on the Richter scale. The Hanshin earthquake is the largest metropolitan downtrodden earthquake in Japan since the 1923 Kanto earthquake. Because Kobe is a major city in Kansai, Japan, with a densely populated population of about 1.05 million people, and the earthquake struck in the early morning, it caused considerable casualties. official statistics show 6,434 people died, 43,792 were injured, and 320,000 people had to live in combination houses.

I often see primary school students participating in social research groups. This Center for the Future of People and Disaster Prevention is a very important facility that can teach future generations lessons from earthquakes. Great basic education system!

The Hanshin earthquake of 1995, magnitude 7.2, killed and injured about 50,000 people. Deadly destruction of the city. It is the largest earthquake since the Kanto earthquake in 1923 in Japan. The rubble next to the monument is a proof of the tragic situation at that time.

It may be this monument, in Merican Square, that came here at night, so only the night view photos, it is estimated that many tourists are not looking at the monument, more to see the night view of the bay.

Can experience, can learn, can appreciate, the night appearance is beautiful and moving.