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"The Great Kanto Earthquake 100 Years" Learned at the Chuo City Folk Museum

Even now, 100 years have passed since the Great Kanto Earthquake that occurred in 1923, various disasters continue. Humans are not able to control the occurrence of natural disasters, but it may be possible to reduce the impact even a little by preparing in advance. I am a civil engineer, but nowadays I can think of a lot of things.
By the way, a special exhibition "100 Years Since the Great Kanto Earthquake-Records of Earthquake Reconstruction-" is being held at the Chuo Ward Folk Museum in "Book Forest Chuou". One of the things I felt particularly valuable when I visited was the film reproduction video of Tsukiji Honganji. According to the handouts,
"A video allegedly taken by a record group of a film company dispatched by Nishi Honganji Temple in Kyoto immediately after the Great Kanto Earthquake."

"The Chuo-ku Board of Education has reproduced the film and investigated the contents of the video, and has been re-edited with the newly recorded video."
That's right. This is a 35-minute video.
It depicts the tremendous damage, the citizens who are trying to stand up from it, and the people who support it, but the most impressive thing was that the fire that caused the most damage in the earthquake was burning. It was filmed in various places. I think it would have been really scary, the fire that followed me even if I escaped or escaped.
You can learn about the seriousness of the earthquake in various literature, but I felt that listening was just like a glance. If a similar disaster occurs in the present age, I think it is necessary to implement social measures to determine who needs to do what.