Post-quake reaction of people in Tokyo - 地震後の東京

We hear some amazements from overseas about cool behavior of Japanese in general in the middle of the earthquake. Here is another profile that might be interesting. I visited 3 different super-markets in town to find various items such as mineral water, bread, noodles, toilet papers, batteries, and etc. were completely sold out. In people’s mind is a definite disaster that they want to prepare for.
Even more interestingly, bicycles were all sold out (to go home) in many shops in downtown Tokyo the night of earthquake.


近くのスーパーを3軒ほど回ってみたが、様々な商品が売り切れて棚が空っぽ状態だった。ミネラルウォーター、パン、ラーメン、トイレット・ペーパー、電池その他だ。海外ではこんなにすごい地震に落ち着いて行動する日本人との報道が多かったそうだが、もうひとつの素顔がここにあるわけだ。さらに興味深い話は、地震があった日に自転車が帰宅の足としてあらかたの自転車屋で売り切れたとのこと。