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Originally Posted by JBaymore
If anyone is reading this and is planning trips headed south (West) of Tokyo, the earthquake this morning really screwed up the shinkansen. Be aware of possible delays. I had the misfortune to be using it from Tokyo to Nagoya today. It is really strange to be sitting on that kind of train and moving about as fast as a bicycle. Or sitting stopped for 40 minutes.
Hopefully the backlog of peole trying to get places will clear up soon..... but the stations were a mess. The JR folks were not happy campers.
best,
.............john
PS: Posting from Japan...so today is 8/11 at night here.
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But isn't that normal after a quake? I mean, its totally understandable...
Had it been Canada, everything will shut down for days....