Originally Posted by
AlwaysAisle
If I were you, I will change Shin Osaka -Hakata to Friday or cancel the trip to Hakata.
Managed to get to Shin-Osaka on Friday morning and reserve seats on on one of the trains leaving Friday afternoon (some were already fully reserved).
Looking at the edges of the storm system here now 500km West in Fukuoka (pitch black clouds and wind is picking up) I can only imagine how grim things are going to get on the East Coast. Stay safe.