Massive earthquake wrecked a house and a farm equipment storage of a member of Japan Agricultural Cooperatives as well (In Mashiki-cho, Kumamoto Prefecture)
Workers of Japan Agricultural Cooperatives clearing up a mess at a back office of JA farmers’ market (in Mashiki-cho, Kumamoto Prefecture)
The earthquake destroyed houses, downed hydro poles and pushed up manholes. It attacked farmers and their villages in the central part of Kyushu island while they were preparing for the coming busy season. Scores have been killed or injured by the strongest earthquake to hit Kyushu with a magnitude 7 in Mashiki-cho, Kumamoto Prefecture that knocked down houses and destroyed roads. These photos were taken on April 15, 2016, one day after the first major earthquake to reveal the earthquake’s devastating damages on the agricultural industry in the quake-hit area.
A livestock farmer keeps his eyes fixed on a completely destroyed barn for his cattle. (Ozu-machi, Kumamoto prefecture)
An elderly evacuee being assisted on her way to evacuation center (in Nishihara-mura, Kumamoto Prefecture)
A road fell apart before rice planting season (in Mashiki-cho, Kumamoto Prefecture)