The Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred on January 17, 1995, at 05:46:53 JST in the southern part of Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, including the region known as Hanshin.
I was on a ferry boat to Hokkaido when the announcement came over the PA system that there had been a big quake near Kobe.
Kimura-san’s studio was near Koshien Stadium and you can see by the map how close that was.
We were in Hokkaido for 3 weeks before I got back to the studio and could visit the effected areas and get these photos.