Snowfall…yea?

So the snow’s falling in Japan and as often happens in inclement weather, flights are canceled and trains run behind schedule. Not much else going on it seems.

羽田便中心に欠航相 次ぐ＝東北新幹線に も遅れ—大雪

列島各地の大雪の影響で１４日、羽田空 港発着の航空機を中心に欠航が相次いだほ か、東北新幹線などにも遅れが出た。 日本航空は午後７時までに国内線２８２ 便、全日空は同５時３０分までに２５０便 の欠航を決め、計約１０万４０００人に影 響が出た。 ＪＲ東日本によると、東京都北区の新幹 線車両センター構内で降雪によるポイント 不良が起き、東北新幹線と上越新幹線で最 大４９分の遅れが出ている。ＪＲ東海によ ると、東海道新幹線も徐行運転の影響で、 東京—静岡駅間の下り列車などに最大１５ 分程度の遅れが出ている。 http://jp.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732405050457824 1333276583700.html

Canceled flights continue, mainly at Haneda –Touhoku Shinkansen also running late – Big snow

Because of heavy snow across the islands on the 14 th , flights continued to be canceled, mainly those arriving at Haneda Airport, but also the Touhoku Shinkansen has been running late.

JAL had canceled 282 domestic flights as of 7 pm and ANA had canceled 250 as of 5:30 pm, affecting around 104,000 passengers.

According to JR East Japan, there were point failures inside the Shinkansen Center in Tokyo’s Kita Ward and so delays of up to 49 minutes were occurring on the Touhoku and Joetsu lines. JR Tokai said that the Tokkaido line was running slowly and that trains running between Tokyo and Shizuoka could be delayed by as much as 15 minutes.