Japan Weather

Born and lived in rainy London for 27 years but never saw anything like this until I started to live in Japan. And just why does everybody have an umbrella?

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?

When it rains, everything seems to grind to a halt - notice that this bunch has to queue up to use the stairs. The trains would normally be delayed too when the rain is hard.
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).