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Shinchi Town, Fukushima immediately after the earthquake (3:40 p.m.) Footage taken from a home in Oodohama-Maedashita
By the time the resident started filming from the second floor, the tsunami was already past the levee, flooding the neighborhood.
Near Tsurushihama Port
The water level continues to rise, reaching the top of the levee
Footage taken immediately after the tsunami
Hearing the sound of a nearby home collapsing, the resident filming this video fears for his life and stops filming in order to flee up a hill behind his home, about 50 meters away.
The resident resumes filming at 3:48 p.m. from on top of the hill
A large home floats by coming dangerously close to the hill where he has sought refuge
The yellowish building in the background is the rooftop of Maruto Fisheries in Shinchi Town
A fishing boat has been washed ashore atop a hill about 7 meters high.
The man filming was urged to seek refuge in a nearby home and stopped filming.