Transport operations are at a virtual standstill across much of Japan as it faces the strongest storm for 25 years.
Typhoon Jebi caused hundreds of flight cancellations and about one million people have been urged to evacuate in western and central Japan while ferries and train services are suspended.
Japan’s metrological agency said high waves, landslides and flooding are expected to continue.
Universal Studios in Osaka is closed and all flights out of the city’s Kansai Airport are cancelled at least through September 5 due to extensive flooding.
It has also crippled manufacturing with scores of factories closed and without power.
At least six people were reported to have died and more than 120 injured.
Wind gusts of up to 103 mph were recorded in parts of Shikoku, but they are forecast to reach as high as135 mph.
Jebi follows a particularly extreme summer in Japan which has seen widespread flooding and a record breaking heat wave responsible for more than 200 deaths.
