Japan earthquake in pictures: walking home from work in Tokyo

By Nancy Baldwin A few pictures taken while heading home from work in Tokyo after the earthquake hit on Friday afternoon. An account of the journey itself appears elsewhere in these pages. – People waiting outside on the street having been evacuated from offices. – Tokyo Tower, 330 metres high. The top of the tower is bent.

– Not able to get through on cellphones – the message in Japanese says "Please wait a little while" – but wifi and the internet worked.

– The throng at Shibuya Station waiting to catch buses or some form of transportation home. – Inside Shibuya Station waiting for trains to start running – that took many hours. – Outside Shibuya Station. – We are okay, walking home among the masses.

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