Oct 10, 2019, 8:55 pm
Last edit by: AlwaysAisle
JR Trains:
The standard rule for ticket change, cancellation, and refund is that all those has to be done before the departure time of the train where ticket has been reserved. However, JR ticket offices are currently experiencing long line of people trying to cancel or change there tickets.
JR has announced that for trains tickets affected by typhoon no. 19 cancellation (refund) and change can be made even after the departure time of the train has passed.
NRT:
Airport authority is in talk with airlines so that Saturday, 12th NRT will not accept any arriving flights. Last month during Typhoon no. 15 about 170,000 passengers were stuck at NRT because post typhoon weather condition allowed normal takeoff/landing at the airport but all public transport remained shut down to close for a day. Passengers had not way to get out of NRT. NRT airport authority is trying to avoid the same situation as last month.
Food and Supplies:
Most department stores and super markets in Tokyo area have announced that their stores will be closed on Saturday 12th. Seven Eleven has said that about 1000 of their stores will be closed on Saturday 12th. Other convenience stores have said the decision will be up to individual store, and expected that many stores will be closed. If you have not stocked food for Saturday and Sunday morning by now then....
Toshima Ward:
Issued Special Warning (特別警戒) asking residents to seek shelter.
Itabashi Ward:
Suggesting residents to take shelter.
Setagaya Ward, Tokyo:
Heavy rain warning. Possible flooding and mudslide.
Heavy rain warning. Possible flooding and mudslide.
ANA:
Cancelled all flights out of HND on Saturday, 12th , and cancelled all flights out of NRT on Sunday, 13th.
Free Wi-Fi:
Cell phone companies are providing free Wi-Fi during Typhoon on. 19 at Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Tochigi, Gunma, Ibaraki, Shizuoka, Nagano, Yamanashi, Niigata, Fukushima, and Miyagi prefectures. This free Wi-Fi will appears as "00000JAPAN".
Cell phone companies are providing free Wi-Fi during Typhoon on. 19 at Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Tochigi, Gunma, Ibaraki, Shizuoka, Nagano, Yamanashi, Niigata, Fukushima, and Miyagi prefectures. This free Wi-Fi will appears as "00000JAPAN".
Iwaki City, Fukushima:
City has issued evacuation directive to all 340000 residents of the city.
City has issued evacuation directive to all 340000 residents of the city.
JAL:
All flights out of NRT is cancelled for Sunday, 13th.
All flights out of NRT is cancelled for Sunday, 13th.
Typhoon Hagibis
Oct 8, 2019, 4:51 am
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Typhoon Hagibis
Looks like typhoon season is out to give us one last hoorah. The current storm track has it on a direct line for Tokyo, similar to Typhoon Faxai last month. ANA has put out a preliminary advisory for Osaka flights arriving and departing October 11/12 and Tokyo + Nagoya flights for October 12/13. No word from JAL yet. Probably once we get to Thursday or Friday and they know where it's making landfall for sure will they start allowing changes or refunds as necessary.
Latest weather info from the Japan Meteorological Agency: https://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/
If you're flying into Japan or are gonna be in the above areas this weekend, stay safe and be prepared for any delays or cancellations! I'm supposed to be flying out on business Sunday morning, but we'll see how that goes...
Latest weather info from the Japan Meteorological Agency: https://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/
If you're flying into Japan or are gonna be in the above areas this weekend, stay safe and be prepared for any delays or cancellations! I'm supposed to be flying out on business Sunday morning, but we'll see how that goes...
Oct 8, 2019, 6:20 am
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Typhoon no. 19 looks like going to hit Tokyo area on Saturday, which this coming weekend is a long weekend in Japan. Monday 14th is a national holiday 体育の日. Osaka area is not out of this typhoon either. Possible that this typhoon will disrupt many weekend plans, 
Also Tokyo getting hit twice by typhoon in one season does not happen every year.
Also Tokyo getting hit twice by typhoon in one season does not happen every year.
Oct 8, 2019, 12:05 pm
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Yes, forecast is saying this typhoon will be big one.
Organizer of Rugby World Cup is looking at alternate locations for this coming Saturday and Sunday games. But with this short notice they are not sure if the can make an arrangement at an alternate location, which includes transporting teams to alternate locations. Getting transportation and lodging for that large number of people in this short notice is not an easy task. The tournament rule state that except for the championship game (the final game) there is an option of cancelling a game and consider it as a tie game. The game which will be affected are:
Saturday 12th:
New Zealand vs. Italy (at Toyota Stadium at Aichi near Nagoya)
England vs. France (at Yokohama International Stadium at Yokohama)
Sunday 13th:
U.S.A. vs. Tonga (at Hanazono Rugby Stadium at Osaka)
Japan vs. Scotland (at Yokohama International Stadium at Yokohama)
Namibia vs. Canada (at Kamaishi Stadium at Iwate)
Following games will not be affected since the location is considered to be out of the typhoon path (at this moment)
Saturday 12th:
Ireland vs. Samoa (at Hakata Forest Stadium at Fukuoka)
Sunday 13th:
Wales vs. Uruguay (at Kumamoto Stadium at Kumamoto)
Organizer of Rugby World Cup is looking at alternate locations for this coming Saturday and Sunday games. But with this short notice they are not sure if the can make an arrangement at an alternate location, which includes transporting teams to alternate locations. Getting transportation and lodging for that large number of people in this short notice is not an easy task. The tournament rule state that except for the championship game (the final game) there is an option of cancelling a game and consider it as a tie game. The game which will be affected are:
Saturday 12th:
New Zealand vs. Italy (at Toyota Stadium at Aichi near Nagoya)
England vs. France (at Yokohama International Stadium at Yokohama)
Sunday 13th:
U.S.A. vs. Tonga (at Hanazono Rugby Stadium at Osaka)
Japan vs. Scotland (at Yokohama International Stadium at Yokohama)
Namibia vs. Canada (at Kamaishi Stadium at Iwate)
Following games will not be affected since the location is considered to be out of the typhoon path (at this moment)
Saturday 12th:
Ireland vs. Samoa (at Hakata Forest Stadium at Fukuoka)
Sunday 13th:
Wales vs. Uruguay (at Kumamoto Stadium at Kumamoto)
Oct 8, 2019, 6:12 pm
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Oct 8, 2019, 6:31 pm
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Typhoon Haggis
Where, braving angry winter's storms,
The lofty Ochils rise,
Far in their shade my Peggy's charms
First blest my wondering eyes;
As one who by some savage stream
A lonely gem surveys,
Astonish'd, doubly marks it beam
With art's most polish'd blaze.
Blest be the wild, sequester'd shade,
And blest the day and hour,
Where Peggy's charms I first survey'd,
When first I felt their pow'r!
The tyrant Death, with grim control,
May seize my fleeting breath;
But tearing Peggy from my soul
Must be a stronger death.
The lofty Ochils rise,
Far in their shade my Peggy's charms
First blest my wondering eyes;
As one who by some savage stream
A lonely gem surveys,
Astonish'd, doubly marks it beam
With art's most polish'd blaze.
Blest be the wild, sequester'd shade,
And blest the day and hour,
Where Peggy's charms I first survey'd,
When first I felt their pow'r!
The tyrant Death, with grim control,
May seize my fleeting breath;
But tearing Peggy from my soul
Must be a stronger death.
Oct 9, 2019, 1:59 am
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Hi All,
Looks like we're going to be affected if the typhoon stays on its current course,
We're due to be in Nagoya this weekend, primarily for the F1 and also have Shincansen tickets to Tokyo Sunday Night, to catch a JR flight back home on Monday morning.
This will be our first time experiencing a Typhoon, therefore what can we expect this weekend?
Do the cities in effect lock down for a large duration? Should we get some simple supplies, food etc? Or would the hotel assist in these situations?
Cheers,
Matt
Looks like we're going to be affected if the typhoon stays on its current course,
We're due to be in Nagoya this weekend, primarily for the F1 and also have Shincansen tickets to Tokyo Sunday Night, to catch a JR flight back home on Monday morning.
This will be our first time experiencing a Typhoon, therefore what can we expect this weekend?
Do the cities in effect lock down for a large duration? Should we get some simple supplies, food etc? Or would the hotel assist in these situations?
Cheers,
Matt
Oct 9, 2019, 2:56 am
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Anyone more Info about the Typhoon coming in to tokio October 12/13? I have an incoming flight on the 12 , outbond 13....
On the map it looks like a direct hit. An rain forecast looks like a flood?
On the map it looks like a direct hit. An rain forecast looks like a flood?
Oct 9, 2019, 4:15 am
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We are quite well organised for rain, so I don't think it will have any longer lasting effects.
Oct 9, 2019, 4:59 am
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coming in at about 4pm, leaving at about midnight. actually wanted to take a short trip to the city ( mori tower), but that seems not be a great idea, i guess.
Oct 9, 2019, 5:08 am
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Hi All,
Looks like we're going to be affected if the typhoon stays on its current course,
We're due to be in Nagoya this weekend, primarily for the F1 and also have Shincansen tickets to Tokyo Sunday Night, to catch a JR flight back home on Monday morning.
This will be our first time experiencing a Typhoon, therefore what can we expect this weekend?
Do the cities in effect lock down for a large duration? Should we get some simple supplies, food etc? Or would the hotel assist in these situations?
Cheers,
Matt
Looks like we're going to be affected if the typhoon stays on its current course,
We're due to be in Nagoya this weekend, primarily for the F1 and also have Shincansen tickets to Tokyo Sunday Night, to catch a JR flight back home on Monday morning.
This will be our first time experiencing a Typhoon, therefore what can we expect this weekend?
Do the cities in effect lock down for a large duration? Should we get some simple supplies, food etc? Or would the hotel assist in these situations?
Cheers,
Matt
Oct 9, 2019, 7:03 am
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Hi All,
Looks like we're going to be affected if the typhoon stays on its current course,
We're due to be in Nagoya this weekend, primarily for the F1 and also have Shincansen tickets to Tokyo Sunday Night, to catch a JR flight back home on Monday morning.
This will be our first time experiencing a Typhoon, therefore what can we expect this weekend?
Do the cities in effect lock down for a large duration? Should we get some simple supplies, food etc? Or would the hotel assist in these situations?
Cheers,
Matt
Looks like we're going to be affected if the typhoon stays on its current course,
We're due to be in Nagoya this weekend, primarily for the F1 and also have Shincansen tickets to Tokyo Sunday Night, to catch a JR flight back home on Monday morning.
This will be our first time experiencing a Typhoon, therefore what can we expect this weekend?
Do the cities in effect lock down for a large duration? Should we get some simple supplies, food etc? Or would the hotel assist in these situations?
Cheers,
Matt
I was at Shinjuku (Tokyo) last month when typhoon no 15 passed by, typhoon no. 19 on this coming weekend is expected to have similar strength. Typhoon no. 15 passed through Tokyo over night last months, all public transportation started to shut down around 9 p.m. Even at Shinjuku, one of central busy area, restaurants started to close around 7-8 p.m. so that their employees could get home before public transportation shut down. Convenience stores started to ran out of items on shelf. By next morning typhoon no. 15 passed Tokyo and Tokyo was not raining and no wind, but many public transportation did not start running till late in morning.
It is best to keep up to date on live local news on TV for last minute situation, what is going on in the city. Because of news last month people at Tokyo were aware that many business closed early due to typhoon, including public transportation. If you do not understand Japanese then hotel staff will be best source of up to date information about what is going on in the city.
Oct 9, 2019, 10:50 am
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Last month during typhoon no. 15 I flew out of NRT on JL next day. Flight schedule was pretty much back to normal, but catering could not get supply and the meal service was just one small hot meal in a plastic plate (no salad, no bread, no sweet, no nothing else) that was it. Was told First and Business class were served same...
Make sure you get most up to date information as information will change constantly. For example on last month's typhoon no. 15 evening before it was thought next morning will be business as usual because typhoon would have move over to the ocean. But in the morning we all found out public transportation was not running. In the morning many business were announcing delay of opening, even though evening before was planned to open as usual. Evening before there was no mention of disruption of transportation to Narita Airport next day, but next day both Limousine Bus and JR Narita Express did not run for entire day.