Question:
I'm going to be studying abroad in Okayama later this year. I'll arrive in early October. I know Japan is still having problems right now from the earthquake and that power in Tokyo will be in short supply going into the summer. Any chance that things in Japan will be "normal" (obviously a place like Sendai isn't going to be normal for a long time) by the time I go there?
Answer:
It depends on what you mean by normal.
There is already little problem in Okayama now. If you want to stay in Okayama, you don't have mind other places.
BTW, some people here have a wrong idea that Sendai is the worst hit area. But it's not.
The areas where it will take longer than any others to restore are either of the following 2.
1, neighborhood around Fukushima Nuke, like Futaba-cho or Tomioka-cho. Futaba-cho has Fukushima Daiichi Nuke. Tomioka-cho has Fukushima Daini Nuke.
Those places will be uninhabitable for years or even more. No one still knows how long radiation will remain there.
2, coastal towns of northern Japan like Rikuzentakata, Kesennuma and many others (I won't name all of them now)
This is Rikuzentakata.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikuzentaka…
They were completely swept away by tsunami. So it takes years to restore. Sendai is a large city. So its coastal area was destroyed much. But its inland area does not have much problems.
If I talk about railway as a barometer of going back to "normal", all trains going to and from JR Sendai station will be restored by the end of April.
But it will take years to restore railways on coastal lines in northern Japan.
And railways around Fukushima Nuke? Ask radiation when they will leave there.
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