Below are some pictures of Mito city (Japan, Ibaraki prefecture) taken on the next day after the big earthquake happened on March 11, 2011. See Russian or Japanese versions for more information.
Building damage was not so large as I expected. It is well known that Japan buildings are very tough against earthquakes, especially the recently built ones. However some minor damage were seen everywhere. Also I saw several buildings partially destroyed.
Roads in the areas of soft soils were heavily damaged. On the contrary, in the areas situated on hard rocks there were almost no road damage visible.
Ground movement during the earthquake caused damage to pavements adjacent to buildings.
In the areas of soft soils a lot of ground liquefaction occurred.
The slope near Mito Toshogu shrine completely fell down on the shrine parking area flattening out several cars.
According to Mito Keizai Shinbun a man was rescued from one of the cars (on the last photo) just after the earthquake.