A leaning picture : The areas of Akashi-city adjacent to Kobe-city were also hit by tremors estimated to be an intensity of 7 on the Japanese seismic scale.

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This stereo remained upright, but the record player tumbled off : The photo was taken after the record player was replaced

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A bookshelf that tumbled eastward : The refrigerator also moved 10 cm to the north, and the piano moved 10 cm to the south.

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Damage to the roof of my home : 30% of the tiles fell off, mainly from the south side of the roof, which qualified the house for a partially damaged appraisal.

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The roof with emergency repairs, using a plastic sheet.

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The roof of my house, waiting to be repaired : Plastic sheet material was apparently in short supply in the region.

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My roof after replacing the plastic sheet : The first sheet was torn after about three months of use.

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The main damage seen in the vicinity of my home was fallen roof tiles.

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Pedestrian path near JR Akashi Station.

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The clock at the Akashi Municipal Planetarium, with its hands stopped at 5:46 : It started moving again on February 17th.

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The hitsuji-yagura and tatsumi-yagura of Akashi Castle with damaged, separated walls .

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Part of the stone wall at Akashi Castle collapsed into the castle moat.

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The wall of the Tatsumi-Yagura at Akashi Castle was wrenched apart.

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Some of the gravestones at the Akashi Municipal Cemetery were also toppled.

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