Myself and a friend are planning on going to Tokyo for a small vacation, and we will arrive on Friday 18th of October. Our hotel is in Ginza area. Do any of you think that this is any issue, considering the storm? I read from a previous post that Central Tokyo is supposed to be okay.

Truly sorry to to hear about the casualties from the storm :(

Both Shinkansen and Yokosuka Line tracks around Musashi-Kosugi station run on elevated concrete overpass, the track itself and passenger platform area was not flooded. It was ticketing and station entrance area on the ground floor which was flooded. Because of this flooding at ground floor when JR started to resume service on Sunday 13th Shonan-Shinjuku Line and Yokosuka Line trains skipped Musashi-Kosugi station and did not stop even though station platform itself was perfectly fine. When flood water retreated Musashi-Kosugi station reopened and Shonan-Shinjuku Line and Yokosuka Line trains started to stop again. But auto ticket gates were flooded by water and inoperable so tickets were checked manually by station staff like good old days.

Hi,

I have not heard or seen any reports of damage in central tokyo.

Enjoy Tokyo!

Regards

TBS

I live in central Tokyo, there iare no effects left of the typhoon here. The closest are around Tamagawa and Arakawa, where there was extensive flooding. Sumidagawa seems to have stayed within bounds.

Saw Hakone on NHK this morning. It looked like an absolute mess.

I have a night's stay planned for this weekend, but now I am seriously considering to cancel.

Today this nothingburger of a storm was named by the government as an official "extreme disaster", the first since the mass flooding last July that killed over 200.

Also, likely as a result of the typhoon, the royal parade schedule for this Tuesday has been pushed back to November 10th.

Came to Tokyo the day after landfall, via Kyoto, after the original plans to spend a few days in Nagano area were scuttled due to the extensive damage there. Stayed for 3 days and can say there were absolutely no issues in the city. For the concerned travelers planning on Tokyo travels soon, I would not worry an iota.
Now, unsure I would go to Hakone NP, although, the ropeway/cable car operation was suspended in the above reported section even before the 2 recent typhoons (there was Mitag a week before Hagibis) hit (this is due to volcanic activity in the area).

Hakone volcanic activity was reduced to the lowest threat level 1 just a couple weeks ago. However, many places are having trouble supplying onsen water, so they are replacing the baths with regular heated water for the time being.

Also, significant rain forecast for this weekend, raising the risk of additional mudslides.

In the end, I canceled this weekend's stay.

Unfortunate that you had to cancel this weekend's trip to Hakone, however given the current situation of Hakone I do think it is sound decision.

Hakone is a tourist area, due the typhoon Hakone will miss out on one of money making season this year, foliage season. Looks like will be difficult for Hakone to recover to pre-typhoon before end of the year. People at Hakone will be facing difficult and uncertain time.

Was going to stay at The Prince Hakone Ashinoko, but as it's right on the lake the hotel experienced significant flooding. Many of the restaurants and shops in the Hakone-en area remain closed.

I do hope the animals in the aquarium are okay.

Hokuriku Shinkansen service is expected to be back in service (at about 80% of full capacity) on the 25th October. Timetables to be confirmed by the 23rd.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/201...xcOj0Ji4Uspiiw

Good going! Well done JR East!

No not just a simple procedure to rehab and reuse.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/20.../#.XaroOooxWhA

That is information from the 17th October - has lots of “if”s and “may”s and “might”s in it.
The information From NHK I linked to is from today (19th).

No, not a simple procedure but it can be done. At the cost in time and money, it may be more economical to scrap and build new sets.

Hakone as a tourist mecca will never go away because Odakyu has invested so much in the area and Hakone's sustenability is one of the pillars of Odakyu's success. But I do feel for the individual businesses. It feels like it's been one thing after another there in recent years. But I guess that's sort of the microcosm of all of Jpn.