March / April: Delay Travel to Japan

[tokusatsufan]

Autumn should be alright shouldn't it?

[MMM]

Originally Posted by tokusatsufan

Autumn should be alright shouldn't it?

It is impossible to say. I am watching news right now of another possible explosion in one of the nuclear plants.

I would wait a little while before making concrete plans.

[siokan]

Area enclosed in red line.

electric power
Temporary restoration : April
Complete restoration : one year
The train at present partially operates it. Operating ratio 40%

Oil refinery of east side and north side of Japan in three places.
It is operating only by one place.

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The travel of 60Hz to the area is OK.

[Polar]

Anyone planning to travel there for a vacation should probably write off this year.

[GoNative]

Hokkaido has remained relatively unaffected by the events on Honshu. All services, transport and power is unaffected. to be honest life is going on pretty much as normal here. So if you do want to come to Japan in the near future why not head up this way?

[MMM]

Originally Posted by GoNative

Hokkaido has remained relatively unaffected by the events on Honshu. All services, transport and power is unaffected. to be honest life is going on pretty much as normal here. So if you do want to come to Japan in the near future why not head up this way?

So you are not subject to the rolling blackouts like in other parts of Japan?

[GoNative]

No I believe we have our own grid up here that is independent to that on Honshu. No nuclear power plants or any other energy generation has been affected here. No transport has been affected except possibly some ferries into ports affected by the tsunami (not sure). No services I know of have been affected in anyway. Life is basically going on as normal. Well as normal as it can considering the destruction down south.

[MMM]

Originally Posted by GoNative

No I believe we have our own grid up here that is independent to that on Honshu. No nuclear power plants or any other energy generation has been affected here. No transport has been affected except possibly some ferries into ports affected by the tsunami (not sure). No services I know of have been affected in anyway. Life is basically going on as normal. Well as normal as it can considering the destruction down south.

We can see on the news here what life is like in Tokyo and the directly affected areas, but how are things in areas not physically affected. What is the mood? I understand all sporting events are cancelled. Is anything else affected?

[GoNative]

Obviously people are attempting to get on with life as normal but no one can dismiss the images of destruction we have seen or our concern over those affected. In the resort I'm at we are obviously receiving a lot of cancellations from people concerned over travelling at this time. Companies here are looking at ways we can help with relief efforts. Today we have been organising a truck to collect all the goods people wish to donate. It's a very weird feeling really. We come to work and try and get on with life as normal but life really isn't normal anymore and I doubt will be for some time to come.

[siokan]

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50Hz
Gray:Hokkaido Electric Power Company
Brown:Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.
red:Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc

Others 60Hz


Power transmission line

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Hokkaido
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　↓↑0.6millio n kw
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Tohoku（Stricken area）
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　↓↑6million kw
West Japan　1million kw→Tokyo（Stricken area）
(60Hz area)

Usual dump power exceeds the transmission capacity in West Japan and Hokkaido.
Power insufficient in a red area is 10million kw.