I have been hearing it on the news and online. "The rainy season has started in Japan". Well so what I thought to myself, a bit of rain won't hurt anybody. How wrong I was, about the first part that is, the part about "a bit of rain".A few days ago I had my first experience with the rainy season in Japan. It was like a Amazon torrential monsoon unleashed upon Japan, and my poor little head.
Bad things about Japans rainy season:
- Humid, hot, wet and clammy.
- You can't hang out your clothes after they get wet because of the rain, because of the rain.
- Sitting in the office with wet clothes does not increase productivity.
Good things about Japans rainy season :
- Fresh freshwater supply.
- Everybody complains about the rain, so you have something in common with everybody and your all friends for the day.
- Umbrella's failing... you know what I'm talking about ;).
Glad that I am not there.... but the weather is same same here in Taiwan... =P
ReplyDeleteHaha,I see you have the same hardships ;). But I guess it's a bit hotter in Taiwan than in Japan right?
ReplyDeleteAnd here I thought you could handle it. Cuz' of your dutch heritage and the ability to distingish 50 types of different rain :P
ReplyDeleteBut I guess the only type of rain we don't have in the Netherlands is the one you have there...
RANK S RAIN, CODENAME: "Bucketdrops".
I wonder, is there a saying in japan that's like it's raining pipe-steels? or maybe cat's and dogs? :)
That is a very good question. Let me put that to some teachers, and I'll get back to you on that one. Raining pipe-steels...LOL.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, S Ranked Rain can hurt people.
Ok, so here it is. The Japanese say:
ReplyDelete"どしゃぶり” / "土砂降り" / "Doshaburi".
You can be sure I will be using this next time some clouds thinks of being funny :D.
Thank you Ito sensei ;)