traveling to japanThese days the alarm has gone on in terms of travel by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan to that country, and while the various governments have made recommendations regarding travel or not. There is an interesting guide prepared by the City of Tokyo on a number of recommendations for travel to Japan with the earthquake.

Earthquakes happened is not as common beyond that if the small quakes are common in Japan and many of them without being noticed. If in the midst of a stay in Japan a tremor or earthquake happens similar or smaller scale of the event, there are several steps to take:

  • Protect yourself under a table, in addition to quiet, as it may seem much longer the earthquake usually lasts no more than 1 minute.
  • Stay away from glass windows and that pose stab wounds.
  • Do not use during the earthquake to escape the elevators as they may fall or get trapped in them.
  • Turn off and unplug appliances gas because they can cause a fire.
  • Of being in a hotel are advised during the earthquake, stay in the same room.
  • Open the door of the room in order to ensure a quick exit. Since you can lock the doors.
  • If you are outdoors, it is advisable to protect the head of any object that they could fall.
  • When in a car must be parked on the left and turn it off and let the earthquake but the vehicle must be parked and the police must give permission to use since they are given priority of movement in certain areas firemen and medical rescue, a private car all it does is interfere.
  • You can in the middle of an earthquake be shopping at department stores in such a situation an employee will give instructions through a megaphone. Since being in Japan may have the employee so that the English orders may follow and whether it is in Japanese will look at what makes the majority.
  • In the country side, away from potential sites of landslides or falling rocks
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