the worst one I've experienced in my time here.  I was genuinely really scared for the first time  

during an earthquake. Luckily the building i was  in was actually quite safe. In 1995 there was a  

massive earthquake in Kobe and after that the  Japanese government implemented lots of rules to  

make new buildings modern and safe and much more stable during an earthquake. The building  

that the Abroad in Japan studio is in was built  long before those rules were implemented and   

so I imagine the shaking was really  bad and I'm just hoping that something in  

the studio is still intact but i'm on my  way now to inspect the damage with Natsuki  

and Sharla, so let's go and see what went down.  Let's go and see if there's anything left.

Most shops and restaurants are shut that I've  seen today but convenience stores are open.

You can never shut a convenience store in  Japan, but they're running with less  

fresh food than usual so no sandwiches for  anyone.

Moment of truth. Go on then. Oh god.

Woah. Not off to a great start. Not the hat rack.

God. I've just put the lights on so... Oh no not the light, oh god.

Oh god, there's water all over there. Woah.

Where did all the water come from?

That's not good given all the electronics. Kind of glad I wasn't in here when this  

happened though this would have been  absolutely horrifying. Where's the water coming from?

It's coming from over there.

There's water here and here. Oh my god.

Did anything stay on the wall? 

Oh god. Oh god.

I think it's the water that I'm worried about the most. I'm not going  to switch all the lights on here obviously.

No. No!

Everything's better now.

There we go. For the most part though, at least  most of the studio is intact and hopefully the  

water we can solve that but the Gachapon  machine didn't do so well unfortunately.  

Oh yeah it's literally floating downstream. There we go, good as good as new.

Honestly i'm really glad that we weren't in  here during the earthquake this would have been  

like really terrifying. Hopefully the lights work as  that's the thing I worry about the most because  

all of these lights in the studio are connected to  one switch and I'm not going to flick it just yet  

obviously because there's water. But hopefully it all  still works. I think this is the worst bit, the bit  

where I actually feel a little bit emotional, mainly  because I really love this Manekineko 

I don't know where the production team got it  from maybe they're quite easy to buy. Probably are.

But still I love this. It's my favorite thing in the ramen shop and now it's  

smashed to pieces and that's kind of sad. We're gonna  need to buy a whole new ramen shop effectively.

Also Natsuki just bought towels. Thank  you Natsuki. You've saved the day.

Even though I think we're gonna need more towels for this.

Obviously some people might be wondering  why I didn't screw things down more or protect  

them from the earthquake and yeah maybe I should  have taken more precautions but honestly

I've never felt an earthquake like that. You just don't think that can happen something like that.

I've never experienced that level of  shaking and honestly I'm really happy that  

this didn't come down or that didn't come  down. That did come down, but we've managed to  

upright it even though the ceiling is a little  bit scratched. But yeah for the most part  

it's okay and hopefully once we get the water  sorted we can get back to normal pretty quickly.  

But thank you guys for all the kind words. Hopefully there won't be another one anytime soon.

Touch wood. Because honestly I  really don't want to have to go through that again.

That was really kind of traumatizing and  unpleasant the first time i've actually thought  

"Oh I'm gonna die now" during an earthquake  and I don't want that to happen again but  

Thanks guys and I guess I'll  keep you posted. Time to get sweeping up.

I feel like Cinderella  and she's been forced to  

tidy something up after the Wicked Sisters have had a rough night out. God that's horrible.

Emptying dirty water into a bag to tip it  into a sink. - Oh very busy yeah. Thanks Natsuki.

Hard worker and a good slipper.

No no not again.