Japan Weather
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Wed 2007/10/31 22:58
The weather reporting over here is usually pretty good. When you leave for work on a sunny morning without an umbrella - and notice that everybody is carrying one - you know you're going to get drenched.
Not sure what its like now in the UK but weather reporting was pretty lousy back then - would often be caught out in the rain without a brolly.
When I lived in Seattle for five months, I noticed that very few people carried umbrellas and many would walk about in the rain. I guess it could be because most of the time it just drizzles down. I found myself leaving the brolly at home too.
If you are going to travel to Tokyo, this Yahoo weather page is pretty good - the first row is the current day - bottom row next day. Below that is the next seven days.
Whats the weather reporting like in your region?
If you have a fetish for rain, then you will want to come during the rainy season (June 8th-ish - July 20-ish) and also during typhoon season (usually end of September).
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When it rains in my country the water comes smashing down like waterfalls. But the thing is, Nobody uses umberelas (SWE:Paraplyer) it´s like "Oh, what the heck, I´ll dry in 30 min." Yes, we are THAT cool.
(ID #61702) Posted on 2007/10/31 23:14
Here we use umbrellas, except the lower part of you body gets wet even if you use it, the streets looks like rivers.
(ID #324358) Posted on 2008/10/06 07:26
Weather in Phoenix.... hot and sunny, pretty much always. It may rain 3 or 4 times a year if we're lucky.
(ID #61703) Posted on 2007/10/31 23:22
Ive never understood the japanese people's reliance on umbrellas. What with them being innovators and the developers of new technologies, i would have thought they would ditch cumbersome things in favour of waterproof jackets, hats or hoods. They would save a lot more space, which is useful in congested places (like tokyo!), theyre always with you, and dont need to be replaced. In the UK, outside of cities and towns, umbrellas are kind of considered 'not manly'. Many people would prefer to just get wet than walk around with an umbrella. Its different in cities like birmingham though.
(ID #61705) Posted on 2007/10/31 23:26
This is why my trenchcoat is an umbrella.
(ID #324462) Posted on 2008/10/06 11:08
e-jump in Malaysia
Wether at my place usually spot-on. Currently we are having the monsoon, so showers kinda predictable
(ID #61706) Posted on 2007/10/31 23:27
Cutetwirler in Nagoya, Japan
I use the bbc website's weather page for Nagoya. It's pretty accurate, never let me down yet. Only thing is that it underestimates the rain. A cloud with two rain drops on the site yesterday translated as a complete downpour over night here.
(ID #61707) Posted on 2007/10/31 23:37
College Kid
The acccuweather widget is spot on. Chicago gets a full range weather. Usually it's windy here but I love it.
(ID #61709) Posted on 2007/10/31 23:49
i don't really trust the weather reports. when they say it's gonna rain i take my umbrella w/me and when i go out to work it's SUNNY, when they say it's gonna be sunny i go out wearing light clothes and BANG!! it's fu^%$ng freezing!
(ID #61710) Posted on 2007/10/31 23:50
Web Developer/ウェブデベロッパー, Photographer/写真や
Looks like Shibuya. I remember grabbing an umbrella from Shibuya station for about 500yen. They have a store set up and people just pay and go! (P.S Umbrallas are real cheap in Japan and people seem to leave them lying around)
(ID #61712) Posted on 2007/11/01 00:01
Professional Student
I find the weather reports around me are fairly accurate. Most people don't seem to use umbrellas, either. In FL, when it rains, it can be pouring in one area, and yet 50 ft away (~15 meters), it is perfectly dry. Usually it starts and stops very suddenly, so most don't bother with umbrellas unless it's during the rainy season.
(ID #61715) Posted on 2007/11/01 00:16
NewType
Here in the Vancouver region of Canada, the weather changes so quickly, no one would even bother to listen the weather report... For example if the weather man/women say that its going to be sunny tomorrow, there is a 70% chance that rain is going to be pouring don on you when you step out of your door to go to school...
(ID #61718) Posted on 2007/11/01 00:29
koy in Luxembourg
I remember getting caught in the rain in Akiba last august. Luckily every shop seemed to have transparent umbrellas on sale for like 100yen ^^ But yeah, about 10secs after the rain started everyone seemed to be carrying an umbrella. Here you'll see a lot of people (incl. me) just walk in the rain or take shelter t'ill the rain stops
(ID #61719) Posted on 2007/11/01 00:31
The UK had one of the coldest and wettest summer this year. Then came the floods~ In London, rain kinda sucks. Everyone gets wet, then they travel in the tube! It literally becomes a sauna (poor me ;_;).
(ID #61720) Posted on 2007/11/01 00:33
Overpaid Computer Nerd
Texas and Louisiana weather is fairly unpredictable. We'll have a forecast for perfectly sunny skies then around noon time we'll get 2 inches of rain from a quick moving thunderstorm. Then 15 minutes later it will be sunny again. And then there are the Tornadoes. I've always debated about getting a tornado shelter but haven't followed through since I've walked away from a half dozen in my life. I've been lucky in that regard.
(ID #61721) Posted on 2007/11/01 00:35
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
There is an old axiom about weather and Michigan. If you don't like it, wait a minute and it will change. Weather report pretty much the same. ^^; My fiancee still looks at people like they are crazy when they go out into the rain without an umbrella. Something a friend and her spent several minutes talking about one day in Osaka. ^^; I do enjoy the rain. Just can't stand the humidity that comes with it during the rainy season. Something I hated about Florida as well.
(ID #61722) Posted on 2007/11/01 00:52
Weather in the united kingdom is just plain cold. I never trust the weather reports, they all lies -_-. One time they say its not going to rain, next day, looked at the reports again, still say no rain. I go outside and it started raining as i walk to college. Summer weather was really random, raining then sunny then raining so on. I guess that what people get from global warming.
(ID #61723) Posted on 2007/11/01 01:07
Student
Vancouver has 166 (avg.) days of rain every year lol, with 1155mm (45in.) of rain avg. again... BTW Tokyo has 55inches of rain average lol
(ID #61724) Posted on 2007/11/01 01:21
Weather here is nice, usually sunny. Lately its been clouds and light showers though. But it's nothing compared to one day where I awoke to look out to what had once been a golf course had become a lake lol.
(ID #61727) Posted on 2007/11/01 01:46
Otaku
I like in Virginia where its sunny and hot on monday and freezing and raining on teusday
(ID #61728) Posted on 2007/11/01 02:03
Kyoji in UK
Wha? I thought guys don't carry brollies here because of their macho image or people are just lazy :-P Yeah, I can take on the rain! I'm so tough I won't fall ill and I'm not afraid of being soaked!
(ID #61729) Posted on 2007/11/01 02:24
It's strange over here, it's always sunny and beautiful at California, 94% of the time. And I love it.
(ID #61730) Posted on 2007/11/01 02:37
Living in Melbourne atm, city of 4 seasons. It could get windy, hot (up to 35 degree) and raining at the same time. I don't bother checking up weather forecast.
(ID #61737) Posted on 2007/11/01 03:51
I live in Arizona, the weather is always the same.. sunny.. and dry. Its a desert (the greenest in the world), so it rarely rains. We do get a monsoon season, where it rains for .. ten minutes and we get 120mph winds.
(ID #61741) Posted on 2007/11/01 04:34
soon-to-be 2nd year Civil Engineering student
It's either rain, heavy rain, rain with thunderstorms or no rain at all here. so yeah, they're pretty accurate.
(ID #61745) Posted on 2007/11/01 05:53
The weather has finally turned cold here in the NorthEast, had to turn the heat on today in the house.
We've just got past about 3 or 4 days of straight rain. Can't say things grind to a halt here when it rains. Though, the number of car accidents here tend to increase when it rains as everyone puts the pedal to the floor and jumps to light speed when it rains. I never understood this?
When it rains or snows, people have a strange compulsion to drive faster? This happen to anyone else?
(ID #61746) Posted on 2007/11/01 06:02
jojo - I don't think it's people are driving faster, it's just many are driving slower but the people that drive at their usual pace seem faster considering the condition. And people that usually think others are driving faster are usually the ones that slowed down.. and well just in general have a knack for spotting these things to criticize about. BTW it's like that in Toronto too haha.
(ID #61752) Posted on 2007/11/01 07:55
anime/cosplay events organizer
weather reporting here is fairly average but we sometimes use the Weather Channel on the Wii for more accuracy ^__^ during the past few weeks, weather has been acting very weird. sometimes we have high hot temperatures during the rainy season which is very weird since back then we have cold temperatures during the rainy seasons
(ID #61759) Posted on 2007/11/01 09:06
well i live in irelad need i realy say more there wos a year that it raind every day in the year and it was decleard a natrial disaster
(ID #61769) Posted on 2007/11/01 11:26
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Surprizingly good, considering this is Brazil and all. I travel every 2 weeks for my game development course across the state, and I always use the local weather report to know what's going on... not only rain-wise but temperature-wise too. Not always spot-on, but at least very close to it.
(ID #61771) Posted on 2007/11/01 11:56
Lux in Argentina
It usually sucks. A year ago, we had a big storm coming. The weather report (lead by Military officers) said that it was going to rain really hard. However, we never expected seing a hailstorm with stones the size of a golf ball. Now, you see that more than half of the cars that go around the city have huge bumps due to that event. The worst thing is that they had the radars to detect hailstorms but no report was given on what was really coming.
(ID #61772) Posted on 2007/11/01 12:14
Service desk support
ah, the good old rainy season in japan. "man says rainy season has started -> umbrellas come out. Man says rainy season is over -> umbrellas left behind!" Then again, it never really rains in the far east, they just pour!! Thankfully I missed the rainy season on my one trip to Japan all those years ago. Had to contend with the hot and humid japanese summer instead...
(ID #61779) Posted on 2007/11/01 13:10
wraith11 in Brisbane, Aust.
I wonder how many eye injuries are reported yearly from umbrellas? I know about 50% of folks over here don't use them simply 'cause it's too cumbersome. The other half are universally hated as they forget to watch where the tips of the brolly are going. On the bright side: summer rain means the cover isn't really needed anyway, you can walk in the wet and dry out in 10 minutes. Our Met Bureau is pretty ok, they probably get it right about 80% of the time. That said: they don't have that much to choose from either. We either seem to have tree up-rooting, house destroying, power-pole snapping storms; or drought. Mostly drought. Day before yesterday we had record breaking rain: and it still hasn't come close to breaking the drought.
(ID #61783) Posted on 2007/11/01 14:14
イギリスの天気予報はそんなに当たらないのですか？ しかし、この光景もキノコの集団もたいで異様ですね（笑
(ID #61790) Posted on 2007/11/01 15:28
it still pisses it down in the usual although we did have a good summer this year.
(ID #61793) Posted on 2007/11/01 16:01
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
carrying an umbrella can be quite troublesome sometimes as people tend to forget about them and leave them behind for example on the bus.
(ID #61799) Posted on 2007/11/01 16:53
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
I like those clear umbrellas they sell for 200-300 yen :P It bring back fond memories of when I first went to japan in my teens :)
(ID #61801) Posted on 2007/11/01 17:08
80% of the time, our weatherman (person) is WRONG! They get paid big bucks too! I would love to have a job where I can be wrong so much and still have a career!!!
(ID #61804) Posted on 2007/11/01 18:40
.NET/Web Developer
Weather reporting here is pretty average. Usually I just look up at the sky before I head out to see if it'll rain later on...much better than relying on the weather man XD Love those see-through umbrellas btw.
(ID #61809) Posted on 2007/11/01 20:01
WOot I love the rain. In Ohio we only have a few good storms the rest are like 2 minutes of it poring then its sunny.
(ID #61810) Posted on 2007/11/01 20:05
Here, weather predictions are pretty exact (got to be sure about those blizzards, right? I'm not ready for this winter yet!). I don't watch TV anymore, so maybe should I go for the website of some weather channel I know. Yeah, I should do that now and check up the weather and temperature regularly so I don't end struck with the flu or turn into some live snowman in the next weeks/months.
(ID #61813) Posted on 2007/11/01 21:57
CEO MIrai Inc
oyazillaさん, 昔はそうなのだが、今は分かりません^^; wraith11, Good question, I see those accidents a lot. Andy, I find it odd too. Rouche, Cool!
(ID #61821) Posted on 2007/11/02 00:21
MrMayat in Abandon hope all ye who enter ...
I was in Tokyo last weekend and had the "luck" of experiencing the passing Typhoon. Sure enough, everyone else had their umbrella, while it was mostly the gaijins who were in raincoats, me included. The aftermath wasn't pretty though. Broken umbrellas littered the place after that. Do they distribute those clear umbrellas or do the locals carry 'em from home?
(ID #61853) Posted on 2007/11/02 06:35
Web designer
It never rains in Los Angeles.
(ID #61918) Posted on 2007/11/02 22:27
i live in republic, missouri, usa. the weather people never get anything right. they like doing reverse psycology. if they say it wont rain...take an umbrella cuz it will rain! if they say it wont snow...wear a sweatshirt cuz it will snow and exc.
(ID #61930) Posted on 2007/11/03 01:25
I use the JMA's site because my town/area is so unimportant, no one has the weather for it. I end up looking at the nearest 2 cities and averaging it to get an idea of what my weather will be like. The temperature is pretty accurate but the weather isn't because the mountains can trap the rain.
(ID #323927) Posted on 2008/10/05 22:28
I live in london but I really don't care if i get a bit wet, I quite like walking around in drizzle and if it's totally pissing it down I just don't go out or if i have to, wear a coat. Never actually owned an umbrella.
(ID #323946) Posted on 2008/10/05 23:02
It's been a really wet summer this year in the south east of blighty,which i don't mind as a hate hot weather. Sky news give very good weather forcasts so you can normally leave home preparedfor the day ahead.
(ID #323953) Posted on 2008/10/05 23:18
It's been a really wet summer this year in the south east of blighty,which i don't mind as a hate hot weather. Sky news give very good weather forcasts so you can normally leave home prepared for the day ahead.
(ID #323954) Posted on 2008/10/05 23:18
working to pay for figures etc.
Weather reports I've seen vary so much you wonder if they've got the right country. Its true no-one here carries a brolly, in fact they don't even have anything like a raincoat - surprising considering how much it rains... when in Japan I carry a folding umbrella because when it rains, it /rains/, and no clothing is going to protect you...
(ID #323984) Posted on 2008/10/06 00:00
The one thing I'm not looking forward to in Japan is the rain. But I guess it rains everywhere. Certainly no shortage of rain in the UK. I don't really watch reports or anything, just if it's the season I make sure to wear something with a hood so if I get caught atleast my hair stays nice and dry (that's all that's important really. A bit of rain won't melt me but it will mess up my hair) I'd love to have one of those clear and cheap umbrella's you get in Tokyo :P
(ID #324062) Posted on 2008/10/06 01:22
Weather reports here are really good thanks to the technology the TV stations have. Unfortunately the weathermen all suck. 1 hates nice weather and gets excited only if there is a giant storm or crappy weather coming. The other station, the guy's like a used car salesman both in appearance and demure, and 3rd station the guys like a auctioneer talking so fast it might as well be in Japanese :)
(ID #324081) Posted on 2008/10/06 01:40
student
many times it rains so hard here that ur shoes and pants will be all drenched and you'd get that yucky feeling for the whole day.
(ID #324086) Posted on 2008/10/06 01:48
Part trooper, part -timer, 100% loser...
The weaather reports here are pretty accurate I guess...
(ID #324095) Posted on 2008/10/06 02:00
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Used to be pretty bad, but now the predictions are getting better. I guess this is a worldwide phenomena, since the evolution of weather prediction affected the whole world. You know, satellite pictures and stuff. I usually take my umbrella with me in cloudy days, but sometimes I wonder if it's really worth it. The case is the exact opposite from what Danny described for Seattle... here where I live, it usually pours down a lot and the rain usually comes with strong winds. So it's useless to carry an umbrella because you'll end up soaked anyways...
(ID #324099) Posted on 2008/10/06 02:06
Programmer Trainee
I'll be honest.. we don't put too much faith in our weather forecast... but it has been raining a bit recently...well..okay it was like a monsoon yesterday but today was tolerable!
(ID #324101) Posted on 2008/10/06 02:17
During days with intense sunlight some people around here carry umbrellas for the shade. It's a good idea but a bit out of the ordinary.
(ID #324137) Posted on 2008/10/06 03:00
Student, Spiral Warrior
Similar in Taiwan, but just drizzle back here in Portland.
(ID #324180) Posted on 2008/10/06 03:46
In my area, wind usually comes with the rain, so umbrellas are pretty useless unless you are trying to be Marry Poppins.
(ID #324183) Posted on 2008/10/06 03:50
If they predict rain, they are spot on, if they predict a sunny day, they are usually wrong:P
(ID #324232) Posted on 2008/10/06 04:33
US Navy Sailor
In Japan, I will bring an umbrella if it looks like rain cause I don't like to get everything in the store or on the train wet and bother other people. Sometimes its too darn windy to use an umbrella. For those days I'll try and stay on base. American's do not use umbrellas very often and I never did. When in Rome... For weather, I usually go to weathercity.com/jp or something like that. I use google sometimes as well. They are generally fairly accurate 2 days ahead.
(ID #324613) Posted on 2008/10/06 13:36
Software Developer / Programmer
we dont really use umbrellas here when it is raining, we just run about in the rain. "fetish for rain", haha, i like that, its funny
(ID #324715) Posted on 2008/10/06 15:53
When I first moved to SoCal I noticed.... 1) A light drizzle rates apparently Team Coveragee, 2) There is no end to the whining about ANY moisture falling from the sky, 3) Even 5 minutes of sprinkles screws up traffic for the rest of the day 4) Southern Californians CAN drive in the rain, it's the new residents who came from out of state which fail to realize that, the rain brings up ALL the oil and grease collected on the roads and they can't expect to stop very easily.
(ID #324765) Posted on 2008/10/06 17:01
Graphic Design student | Receptionist | Otaku
The weather here is very unpredictable >.< You could put the washing on the line at 11am and find it soaked within an hour ^^; The reverse is also true...
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