Rain, Rain Go Away.....
Today is another dreary day in Tokyo. And with dreary days in Tokyo come what I like to call "The Dance of the Thousand Umbrellas". With this dance comes extra pushiness as people use their open umbrellas to navigate through crowds. You'll find fatal one-handed bike riders who weave their way through the crowd with one hand to steer and another for the umbrella. And last but certainly not least, the eye-pokers. This usually applies to the foreigner who may just be a teensy bit taller than the average female or male Japanese person. They'll be making their way along while facing the onslaught (or even sideslaught) of umbrellas with the pointy bits (why do they have the pointy bits?) at eye level.
One point of definite amazement is how the dance begins. Japanese people have the uncanny ability to forecast the weather beforehand. Yes, I know there are television forecasts but they just give you a general idea about the weather for the day or week. What I'm talking about is in the situation of it being a beautiful sunny day where no one is carrying one. If it starts to rain, even just light droplets, immediately everyone has one.
Before coming to Japan, I, like many other foreigners barely made use of the umbrella. And I'd have to say I'd still rather not use one. What's wrong with getting a little wet, after all?
Anyway, for you Tokyoites, according to Yahoo! Japan, the rain will continue tonight and will also rain on and off on Saturday. Sunday and Monday will be sunny sunny so you can enjoy the long weekend!
posted by Fudocom - Celina @ 2:45 PM
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