# Kobe, Japan **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 18, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kobe-japan/575102 "2011-03-18T02:14:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kobe-japan/575102/1 "2011-03-18T02:14:21Z")
I was supposed to be in Kobe This week but mother nature decided to fuck that up. Now things have been rescheduled and I’m looking at Kobe a month from now. Pretty much any flight I’m looking at would go through Tokyo. Considering the ongoing saga of the nuclear plants what would your thoughts on such a trip be? Would you be comfortable taking an 8 y/o? ---
**Author:** ![xoferew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e9a140/32.png) [@xoferew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xoferew)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kobe-japan/575102/2 "2011-03-18T02:15:54Z")
Why can’t you fly into Osaka? ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kobe-japan/575102/3 "2011-03-18T02:20:03Z")
> [@xoferew](#): > > Why can’t you fly into Osaka? It’s possible, but every time I’ve tried to schedule Osaka in the past, flights have never worked out. I imagine the current disasters aren’t going to help with that. ---
**Author:** ![xoferew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e9a140/32.png) [@xoferew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xoferew)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kobe-japan/575102/4 "2011-03-18T02:23:38Z")
You mean the flights you’ve tried to schedule in the past were cancelled? Or you couldn’t find a direct route? Where are you flying from? ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kobe-japan/575102/5 "2011-03-18T02:40:27Z")
> [@xoferew](#): > > You mean the flights you’ve tried to schedule in the past were cancelled? Or you couldn’t find a direct route? Where are you flying from? The airlines I have status with don’t generally offer a lot of options to Osaka so finding flights that arrive and leave on my schedule is sometimes difficult. I usually fly to Japan from Boston via a transfer or a Direct flight out of NY. If I’m willing to pay a bit more or leave coach as my only option Osaka becomes more possible. Overall yes I could do Osaka but Tokyo tends to be easier. Do you think Tokyo should be avoided? ---
**Author:** ![xoferew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e9a140/32.png) [@xoferew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xoferew)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kobe-japan/575102/6 "2011-03-18T09:57:40Z")
I know nothing about radiation and maybe by next month the Tokyo airport will not be filled with tons of fleeing people like I imagine it is now. But Osaka is so much closer to Kobe and so much farther away from the disaster zone, personally I would fly into Osaka if I could. It’s possible next month God forbid the earthquake/nuclear situation worsens and flights into Tokyo become more problematic than they are now. I hear what you’re saying, though. I used to use Korean Air many years ago, and it was inexpensive, but I don’t know what it’s like nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kobe-japan/575102/7 "2011-03-18T13:12:03Z")
Book the flight through Tokyo. If it’s at all unsafe, either from a nuclear or a topographical issue, the airline will either cancel your flight altogether or re-route it through some other safe city. If they cannot find a new route that meets your approval, just cancel it. Would I be comfortable taking an 8 year old? Yes. I assume the nuclear situation will have resolved itself one way or another (and hopefully a safe way!) before a month is up.