System maintenance due to the closure of the Flipnote Hatena service on May 31, 2013

Due to the upcoming closure of the Flipnote Hatena service, we will be performing system maintenance on May 31, 2013 (Friday) from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm (JST).

During this time Hatena's online services will still function, however since this is a major update, some services may be intermittently unstable while undergoing maintenance.

  • Time zone convertor
    • Kyoto, Japan (JST): May 31, 2013 (Friday), from approximately 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
    • Los Angeles, USA (PDT): From approximately 7:00 pm on May 30, 2013 (Thursday) - 2:00 am on May 31, 2013 (Friday)
    • Chicago, USA (CDT): May 30, 2013 (Thursday), from approximately 9:00 pm - 4:00 am on May 31, 2013 (Friday)
    • New York, USA (EDT): May 30, 2013 (Thursday), from approximately 10:00 pm - 5:00 am on May 31, 2013 (Friday)
    • London, UK (BST): May 31, 2013 (Friday), from approximately 3:00 am - 10:00 am
    • Berlin, Germany (CEST): May 31, 2013 (Friday), from approximately 4:00 am - 11:00 am
    • Sydney, Australia (AEST): May 31, 2013 (Friday), from approximately 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  • Affected Services
    • The entire www.hatena.ne.jp domain
    • The entire www.hatena.com domain
    • * Sub-domains such as h.hatena.com and d.hatena.com and their respective services will not be affected
  • Customer Impact
    • Use of the features of the affected domains may be slow or unstable.

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience that this situation may cause, and thank you for allowing us this time to make our services more reliable for all of our users.

Details about the closing time of the Flipnote Hatena service

As previously announced, the Flipnote Hatena website will be closing on May 31, 2013 (Friday) at 11:59 pm JST. For more information please our official announcement the URL below: