3/14/2011

Public Trasportation Affected by Planned Power Outage

Updated March 15th 3:52

Most of public transportation will be back on March 15th.
I just listed the ones which will be out of service today for sure.
Most of train companies can only put 30-80% of trains back to service due to secturity concerns.


You can check latest JR lines's information in English
- Tohoku http://traininfo.jreast.co.jp/train_info/e/tohoku.aspx
- Kanto http://traininfo.jreast.co.jp/train_info/e/kanto.aspx
- Shinetsu http://traininfo.jreast.co.jp/train_info/e/shinetsu.aspx
- Shinkansen http://traininfo.jreast.co.jp/train_info/e/shinkansen.aspx

Is your train working?
Navitime's all-in-one route search maybe useful to find alternative ways to go home.
http://www.navitime.co.jp/en/


Japanese Example Sentences

"すみません (sumimasen) [excuse me]

(    )線はいつ運転を再開しますか? (___sen wa itsu unten wo saikai shimasuka?) [When will the ___line start running again?]

ここに書いてもらえませんか? (kokoni kaite morae masenka?) [Could you write it here?]

ありがとうございます。 (Arigatou gozaimasu) [Thank you]

(     )にいきたいのですがどうしたらいいでしょうか?(___ni ikitaino desuga doushitara iideshouka?) [How can I get to ( )?]"

4 comments:

  1. Is there any forecast news about how long the tsunami and earthquakes will last? thank you very much.
    A foreign student live in Odaiba, Tokyo.

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  2. Unfortunatelly, not really. It is said the aftershock can last from a few days to several monthes or more. There may be forcast of "possibility" of aftershock but it is not very acculate.

    Later, I will try to find the official forecast, and put it up.
    But the only thing I can say for sure is "You always need to be prepared for earthquake.

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  3. Hey Yumi, hope you don't mind if I add romanization to the Japanese you put up... in case someone who can't read Japanese easily needs the info.

    すみません (sumimasen) [excuse me]
    (    )線はいつ運転を再開しますか? (___sen wa itsu unten wo saikai shimasuka?) [When will the ___line start running again?]
    ここに書いてもらえませんか? (kokoni kaite morae masenka?) [Could you write it here?]
    ありがとうございます。 (Arigatou gozaimasu) [Thank you]
    (     )にいきたいのですがどうしたらいいでしょうか?(___ni ikitaino desuga doushitara iideshouka?) [How can I get to ( )?]

    Hope it's useful!

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  4. Hi Karin, Of course, it is very helpful! Thank you for your help!!

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