After a Typhoon

Yesterday a typhoon passed Tokyo. At first it looked like ti was going north towards Korea/China after it had passed Okinawa. But once it reached Okinawa it turned almost 90 degrees and followed the coastline of Japan instead. And eventually it passed Tokyo.

Though they say it rained heavily in Tokyo I never saw any of it as we were in a workshop the whole day. But once I was on my way home I noticed it as it was very windy. After a short phone call to Chie I decided to not take the bike home. Second day in a row 🙁 Instead I walked to Gotanda where Chie picked me up by car. Her office had closed early so that people could get home before the typhoon hit Tokyo. But at Sony Ericsson we need to provide the world with cell-phones no matter the weather 😉

Passing through the Shinagawa it looked almost like after the earthquake in March. So many people waiting for the trains. Some people got home well passed midnight because of the delays.



Anyway, that was yesterday and today is today. They typhoon has passed. And the only damage it made to Tokyo is a few fallen trees. We were quite lucky here. In Ishinomaki where we went last weekend they were not so lucky. On the news we could see a lot of flooding 🙁

Cool Day

A typhoon was passing by Japan today and it was raining in Tokyo for the first time in a long while. It also made it cooler than it’s been in a long while, just 30 degrees today 🙂

Typhoon

Forecast was rain and hard wind but when we woke up this morning the sun was shining. Until I went to the office. Then it was raining cats and dogs and elephants and whales and whatever. And gusty winds that wanted to turn my umbrella inside out.

Luckily I was dressed in my trekking gears as well. Rainproof all over. Still it was nice to take the bus (I usually walk to the station). Then onto the train to Shinagawa.

In Shinagawa the sun was shining. But the wind had picked up. It picked up so much that I must have caught the last train. No more train until lunch time because of strong wind.

This meant that we were about 30% of the workforce at the office until after lunch. It felt oddly quite at the office. And even more so when I went to lunch and could sit outside in the sun. Blue sky. 28 degrees 😎

Why this strange behavior? A typhoon was passing over Japan. The strongest in 10 years the news said. It was kind of cozy I thought.

Oh, I almost forgot. The best part with a typhoon is that afterwards the sky is so clear. And when I was walking downhill from Meguro to the gym at Ga Jo En it cold see a magnificent image of Fuji-san backlit by a red sunset. I just regret I did not bring my camera 🙁