Power demand for home and businesses that had been continuing in Hokkaido is expected to be canceled in about two weeks from the earthquake in the early days of the 6th. The expectation for the return of brightness to living, sightseeing, economy increases. Earthquakes have caused the voice to continue saving electricity as it is.
"Most of Hokkaido is safe, although most of Hokkaido does not hinder the acceptance of tourists."
Haruka Takahashi, governor of Haruka Takahashi of Hokkaido said on Wednesday that the support for victims' livelihood reconstruction was the basis, and that they wanted to halt the sudden drop in tourists caused by the earthquake and blackouts, and want to recover quickly.
Alongside the agriculture, forestry and fisheries industry, the tourism industry is "core industry in Hokkaido" (Governor Takahashi). The expectation of the industry ahead of the excursion season in autumn was high, but sudden braking was applied to customers' feet. 942,000 people canceled the accommodation in Hokkaido, affecting 29.2 billion yen including transportation expenses and food and beverage expenses.
Approximately 56 million tourists in Hokkaido last year, about 84% of the tourists are passengers, about 11% are foreign guests, about 5% are foreign customers who are on the rise. Governor Takahashi called on Hokkaido, Hokkaido on the same day, to outside and outside the country, respectively. We also demand the country "Fukutokuri" which was introduced at the time of the Kumamoto earthquake and heavy rain in western Japan, which drastically subtracts the accommodation expenses.
Companies also began to make a serious slump towards the posture of the earthquake disaster.
"Hakodate mountain ropeway" where you can see the night view of Hakodate has been traveling longer than usual after the earthquake. The number of passengers by 16th is about 27 thousand who is about 32 thousand less than the year-ago period. The person in charge said, "I am expecting that cancellation of the demand for power saving will lead to the recovery of customers."
In the Meiji era in which 7 daughter factories in Hokkaido were out of power, a generator was installed at each factory. We have responded to government's request for energy saving by stopping the production of some products. We will stop using the generator after 19th and gradually return to normal operation.
On the other hand, as many as 958 people evacuated on 18th, many people are forced to live a living. The seismic intensity of 7 was recorded, and 50 in Keshimachi where 36 people died, there are still 50 blackouts.
Toyako where the summit was held in 2008. The Toya sightseeing hotel on the lake stopped cooling outside the cooking room from nighttime to early morning, removed lighting of the lobby and shops, and thinned out. Manager Kazuo Asakawa (59) said, "Even if Tomohiro Atsuma power plant resumes, we do not know when it will happen anytime and I want to continue saving energy for a while."
Ms. Setsuko Niita (80) in Sapporo city Chuo Ward who lives in the apartment of all electrification seems relieved as "I am relieved because it will be getting colder from now." The elevator ceased for three days, and I could not get out of the room on the ninth floor because of my physical strength.
As a result of request for power saving, we began to pull out the power plugs of household electric appliances, such as rice cookers and microwave ovens, frequently from outlets. "I hope to continue making energy savings from now on," he said.