Tohoku, which means east-north of Japan, has six ken (prefectures) such as Aomori-ken, Iwate-ken, Akita-ken, Yamagata-ken, Miyagi-ken and Fukushima-ken.
When the quake hit Tohoku, northern part of Japan main island, I was working in my school in Ichinoseki, Iwate-ken.
Bookshelves fell down and broke the glass.
I have to clean up the mess.
My students suffered from the quake.
I will clean it up, and be prepared to receive them when they get relief and time to learn English.