JR Sendai Station Shinkansen passengers Sparse vacant seats August 16 19:44
The Obon holiday is at the end of the season, and it is usually crowded with U-turn rushes of people who spent their time in the hometown and the resort, but due to the new coronavirus, there was no congestion at JR Sendai station.
On the morning of the 16th, the Shinkansen platforms at JR Sendai Station were sparsely crowded with passengers, and vacant seats were conspicuous on all trains.
According to JR East, the occupancy rate of the Shinkansen, which is often filled with U-turn rushes in Obon every year, leaves the Sendai station in the morning, and the up train to Tokyo is up to 15% free seats The maximum is 20%, which is low across the board.
On the other hand, in the afternoon, there were some trains with a maximum of 70% free seats and 80% reserved seats, but according to JR, the congestion is not as usual.
In addition, the Yamagata Shinkansen has a maximum passenger occupancy rate of 40% at the time of departure from Yamagata Station.
Spent a tray at his home in Sendai, man of 68-year-old towards the Mie Prefecture for the job, "shopping than was spent in his wife and two without leaving the house.
Every year, the remote and grandchildren who come to the house I just wanted to make a tray like this."
According to the Japan Road Traffic Information Center, there is no noticeable congestion on the expressways from all over Tohoku towards Tokyo.