Video footage taken by an aerial drone on April 8 shows the Horyumachi district of Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, which was heavily damaged by the magnitude-7.6 Noto Peninsula earthquake and ensuing tsunami that struck the region on Jan. 1. (Video by Nobuhiro Shirai and Shigetaka Kodama)

Photo/Illutration Most destroyed houses remain abandoned in the Horyumachi district of Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on April 8, more than three months after the New Year’s Day earthquake. (Nobuhiro Shirai)

SUZU, Ishikawa Prefecture--Drone footage taken 100 days after the devastating Noto Peninsula earthquake showed that most buildings destroyed by the magnitude-7.6 temblor and the ensuing tsunami here remain uncleared. 

The video taken on April 8 revealed a bleak landscape of the city’s Horyumachi district that has remained largely unchanged since the Jan. 1 disaster. 

Teruko Tochihira, 60, found a grim sight that filled her with doubt and despair when she visited her workplace in Suzu, which was severely damaged in the quake and tsunami.

“Documents were sticky and clips were rusty because they were soaked in seawater," Tochihira said. “The landscape with the collapsed houses remains unchanged. Many people still may not be able to think about the future.”

(This article was written by Nobuhiro Shirai and Shigetaka Kodama.)

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