磐城

灾难发生36个小时之后，我与磐城佛寺里的亲人们取得了联系。

After 36 hours , I get through to my family at the temple in Iwaki .

就在磐城北部，人们发现了一列火车的一部分车身侧躺于路旁，车厢已被废弃。

A section of one train was found on its side just north of Iwaki City , the cars abandoned .

2011年3月11日，地震和海啸重创了日本的东海岸，之后的36小时，我一直无法与亲人们取得任何联系。他们在震中附近最大的城市——仙台南部的磐城，住在我们家族的佛寺中，看护这座佛寺。

For 36 hours after the earthquake and tsunami that eviscerated the east coast of Japan on March 11th , 2011 , I was unable to get any word from my relatives who oversee and live in our family 's Buddhist temple in Iwaki City , south of Sendai , the biggest city near the epicenter .