The structural engineering in Tokyo is really quite impressive. I was in the Yebisu Beer Musuem when 3/11 hit and I would've sworn it was only a 5. I lived most of my live in California so I've been through some quakes.

I didn't know how big that one was until the staff kicked us out and I realized all the trains where shut down-there was an expat in the nearby JR station translating the NHK broadcast for some of us.