CHIBA, Mar 06 (News On Japan) –
Two rocks of various sizes nestled shut to one another alongside Chiba’s shoreline in Isumi, referred to as the “Married Rocks,” well-known for making a mystical scene with the dawn and starry skies, are struggling appreciable harm from the most recent sequence of earthquakes to strike the area.
The bigger rock on the left has collapsed, considerably altering its look. Large cracks could be seen on the rock’s floor, surrounded by numerous fragments which have fallen off.
A vacationer, who has visited the location over 100 occasions, expressed shock, saying, “It’s shocking. There have been so many earthquakes lately.”
The suspected reason for the collapse is the sequence of earthquakes which were occurring off the coast of Chiba Prefecture since final week.
A neighborhood resident commented, “It’s probably due to the earthquakes. There wasn’t any sign of it falling before. I just hope there won’t be any big earthquakes.”
On the fifth, Chiba Prefecture recorded tremors with a seismic depth of 1 or larger 4 occasions.
The prefectural civil engineering workplace has put in fences because of the threat of additional collapses, urging folks to not go right down to the coast.
According to locals, the “Married Rocks” have undergone vital modifications in form over time.
Hideyoshi Otani, who has been photographing the rocks, shared, “A long time ago, they were connected. It was one big rock, and that’s a story from the 1950s. Erosion caused a hole to form suddenly.”
Originally one massive rock, it cut up into two over time.
Despite steady modifications, the bigger rock didn’t have a gap a decade in the past. However, attributable to wave erosion, it began to kind an arch, which took on a singular form about three years in the past.
Otani mentioned, “The shape has been changing rapidly, and I knew this day would come eventually.”
With the collapse of the arch, the “Married Rocks” are actually cut up into two distinct items.
On social media, there are recommendations like, “It’s like the ‘Married Rocks’ have had a child,” and “Maybe they should be renamed ‘Family Rocks.'”
The ever-changing “Married Rocks,” featured in numerous films and commercials, could be seen to represent the evolving nature of marriage over time.
Source: FNN