Two weeks have passed since the magnitude 7.1 Kumamoto earthquake, but more than 3,000 residents are still staying in evacuation centers, and a significant number of people are living in their cars.

The most urgent need is a safe space for families to stay while enduring extreme heat and aftershocks.

After spreading a white sheet next to a collapsed house and injecting air, a dome-shaped temporary house appears in just 3 minutes.

It takes 2 hours to blow insulation into the interior and let it harden to complete the structure.

[Hikawa Resident : (Living in a car) It is quite big. It seems fine. If we just have an air conditioner here...]

Stepping inside, it is wider than it looks, with a ceiling height of 4 meters and a floor diameter of about 5 meters.

A wall-mounted air conditioner is installed, and there is insulation so residents can stay cool.

More than 200 units are scheduled to be built across Kumamoto Prefecture, including Hikawa town, where a maximum seismic intensity of 7 was observed.

As more than 30,000 households still experience water outages, helping hands from volunteers continue.

[Uki Resident : Thank you. Thank you for your help.]

Restoration work is also gaining speed.

[Uki Resident : Water is not coming out.]

After the work, the water supply was restored in two weeks.

[I am happy. I can finally wash up at home.]

[It is so good.]

Transportation is also gradually returning to normal.

Shinkansen bullet trains bound for Kumamoto are operating normally, and regular vehicle traffic on expressways is scheduled to resume from the latter half of this month.

Relief supplies are being delivered one after another to evacuation centers as well.

Reunions with scattered family members.

[Welcome back.]

Daily life, which collapsed due to the earthquake, is gradually finding its place again.

(Video by Moon Hyun-jin)