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Although the storms caused no significant damage to the vacation resort of Beppu in Kyushu, leaving tourists stranded and weary, with the onsen hot springs, a chimpanzee area, and even 24-hour comfort stores shut down.
” This is my first time ( here ). Nobuhiko Takagishi, a gloomy visitor from Tokyo, told AFP,” I was quite looking forward to it. ” But it will be a trip to consider. A trip when I could n’t do anything”.
” Tourists must be in big trouble. They came here with no readiness, and they are stranded”, said native Hiroko Handa, 48.
More than 250, 000 Kyushu families were affected by energy breaks, but the power operator announced on Friday that simply 5, 250 were still without power as transmission lines were repaired.
Overnight, several roads were fully or partially closed in Kyushu, as well as others further inland, press reviews said.
Shinkansen gun carriages were halted on the main road between Tokyo and Osaka, with users warning of problems abroad, and were still suspended in Kyushu.
After canceling a similar amount the day before, affecting about 50, 000 passengers, Japan Airlines and ANA had previously announced the withdrawal of more than 600 planes between them for Friday.
Four ball games scheduled for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in the northern area of Nagoya and Nishinomiya near Osaka were postponed. Additionally, five J-League games that were scheduled for Saturday in various places were postponed.
Toyota, the auto industry’s biggest producer, announced a full-timer generation suspension at all 14 of its Chinese plants, while Nissan’s Kyushu factories were still suspended.