Nuclear Exclusion Zone Day Trip 13 Years Later | Fukushima
On March 11th, 2011, a devastating 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, triggering a massive tsunami that forever changed Fukushima. 14 years later, I revisit the events of that tragic day, the ongoing impact on local communities, and the progress made in rebuilding and recovery.
If you want to try out the tour of Fukushima (helicopter included!), check the link below:
https://hopetourism.soma-yaki.com/en/
Also if you wanna check out Mataunaga-san’s pottery shop, click the link below.
https://soma-yaki.com/
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34 Comments
Sorry for the delay in uploading the video. But trust me, this one's worth the wait. I rode a helicopter, stepped into a nuclear power plant, and had some mind-blowing sushi. Can't wait to hear your thoughts!
Dude rides a helicopter yet Chris always just uses a car. Ryotato is king.
This is well timed, I'm going on a tour of the plant and cleanup area this week. Really interesting to see the local community aspect as well.
Great video, love watching your vids from Australia π¦πΊ
chris coming with key car, ryotaro coming with helicopter. absolute mad
Hello Ryotaro from your friends in Tasmania. Great video mate!
Sheesh not only do I very direly need some Chansey tea cups, but I feel genuine sorrow for the shop owner and everyone who experienced that disaster, I hope one day they will be able to reclaim their homes and shops. God bless those workers who tried to hold out the reactors till the very end, they knew what was going to happen.
Absolutely brilliant, Well done Ryotaro-san π€
As usual the subtitles are hilarious π
The thumbnail made me laugh out loud omg
I left Tokyo 1 day before the Tsunami. Can't believe 14 years has gone by just like that.. π
Brilliant. I stayed in Iwaki and Tomioka last October for a few days. Also went to Futaba specially to go to the school. If you're visiting Japan and can make it work, please visit the area. The people are so nice and humble. If possible, even more so than other parts of the country.
cost performace is good
bro has more budget than abroad guy π€£
Chris already did it π
Common Ryotaro W !
I went to Fukushima in September last year, beautiful place . Best Gyoza next to to the station.
Long time no see
It was 13 years ago? Time flies!
Thanks Ryotaro for give us a better perspective of the Fukushima earthquake. Good job Ryotaro.
Yass, another video from the man himself
following in the foot steps of Chris…………………….
So why is the area across the river still locked down? The radiation would travel across the water easily.
This was amazing ryotaro!!! Deserves way more likes and attention. I loved the presentation style, I appreciate the MORE local approach that you can give because you are japanese and speak the language natively and all the conversations and everything you were showing about the disasters was eye opening and I felt that I learned more compared to other videos ive seen on this in the past including chris's video. Hoping to see more content like this from you in the future!
Great video…
Thank you.
Great video Ryotoro bro! π»ππ
So coolπ
i fell like i miss Ryotaro.
Question is there research into molten salt nuclear reactors like they where developef in the US Oak ridge national labaratory in the 60s. This reactor type is super safe because of a freeze plug that must actively colled and drains the nuclear fuel disolved in molten salt into drain tanks where the nuclear reaction is stopped without any active components. This reactor type is walk away safe because the power can go out like in fukushima and all operators arent able to do anything this reactor will power off completly safe. Please look at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten-Salt_Reactor_Experiment
There are several documentaries about it out there this is quite possible the safest option to use nuclear energy.
My heart broke at the tsunami and later when the hydrogen gas explosion opened the reactor buildings after the core meltdown.
Water pressure reactors can't be shut off without cooling and cooling requires power thats the problem with it. And the uranium fuel pellets crumble when no cooling is a applied and the other chemical elements in it which then touch the water destroy the H2O molecule relasing explosive hydrogen.
Thank you very much for the video π
6:36 Being in a wheelchair myself, Iβm glad to hear that the wheelchair bound student was able to escape! Kudos to all of the teachers and students who helped out! π’β€ππΌ
There is also a netflix series which details the events of those days if anyone is interested, I enjoyed it quite a bit.
It is a bit like Chernobyl series in terms of how the events were detailed
Great idea to go by helicopter get the ariel views in person.
It was great to hear that everyone from the school was able to evacuate safely. Despite the obstacles, hope that all the residents can continue to rebuild their lives. Fukushima seems like a very resilient place, filled with wonderful & creative people.
On another note: I am totally obssessed with those Chansey plates. They are so pretty!