It brought hail, krazy winds and lots of rain at once in parts of Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures.
We heard a lot of thunder and saw some lightning and also heard many running to get out of the rain.
This was the sunset afterwards...
Today is the start of yet another state of emergency...it is again only "on request" nothing mandatory.
This one is supposed to last until August 22, the end of the Olympics.
During this state of emergency, there are "events" like O-bon, summer vacation and various holidays...
Many shops that mainly serve alcohol (bars, izakaya, karaoke) are asked not to operate and will be "compensated".
These shops are very upset because they still have not been compensated for other states of emergencies.
All shops and restaurants are asked to close at 20:00.
Convenience stores are exempt from this rule, so you know where the people drinking on the street are getting their alcohol from...
Over the past week, there has been so much damage in Kyushu from rains and other prefectures in Honshu.
On top of that, Tokyo's rainy season isn't even over and we've gone straight into blazing and humidity, our temps yesterday was 33C (91F)!
A little over 2 weeks until the Olympics...I still feel Japan should not be holding this.
Have a good (safe) week.
Oh my gosh, I can only just shake my head. Take care you two, still crazy times. Hawaii had 100+ new Covid cases yesterday, this is not the direction the numbers should be going!
ReplyDeleteJenny, the variants are causing havoc, stay safe!
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Kat
It's only fun to play in what I call up and down rain. Not sure about the up but when there is no wind so the heavy downpour just comes straight down I love to stand in it. Yours did not sound fun. Glad it didn't cause damage in your area. and it did make a beautiful sunset and sunrise.
ReplyDeleteStill haven't heard about your vaccines?
Even here, and that we're fully vaccinated, we still keep our masks on. Even outside if there are lots of people on the street.
With the Olympics so close, still scarey.
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So humid even after it rains, V, it is so gross.
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Kat
Eek, Olympics . . .
ReplyDeleteJalna, yeah :p
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Kat
Man.....just thinking about having the Olympics during a pandemic....
ReplyDeleteKirk…sigh
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Kat
Delta variant is catching on more over here and numbers creeping up. I've heard talk that there may be a 3rd shot to take? I dunno...just sick of this cr*p.
ReplyDeleteme too, Rowena.
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