So yeah, Japan is pretty fucking hot.

[4letterwords]

I went to the zoo today with my boyfriend (ps everyone, Im in hachioji now... its the Tama Dobutsu koen for anyone who knows it) and it was so hot that a lot of the animals had to be put inside.

Its really fucking hot.
Feel free to talk about this even though its a pretty gay topic. I just wanted to say how bloody hot it was here.

Discuss.

[seiji]

Japan is damn hot. I complain.

[羽之助]

Humid but not that hot up here in Tohoku! Finally took the fan out, though.

[seiji]

Okay, fine, Kyoto is damn hot. I hate your Tohoku. :gloomy:

[羽之助]

At least you live in a POPULATED AREA.

[seiji]

I'll trade you fifteen bars/clubs/izakaya and all their occupants for a cool breeze.

[kilreli]

haha does this remind anyone of a certain editorial? :innocent:
LOOK AT YOURSELVES! YOUR ALL TURNING JAPANESE! :hat: :duh:

but on topic, it is hot as balls in Saitama:yuck:

(...and we all suffer together, just like were supposed to. resistance is futile:japan: :stirthepo )

.........:innocent:

[羽之助]

Trade me a happening bar and you have a deal!

And Kilreli, the dream is OVER. Change your avatar :P

[Crowley]

Argh! 羽之助 is feeling inaka despair. Somebody save him!

[kilreli]

And Kilreli, the dream is OVER. Change your avatar :P
....:gloomy:...so harsh....BUT more proof that your turning japanese! all my friends and people i know either dont like korea, or hate them. its the whole east asia grudge goin on.

[Intense]

Just how hot are we talking?
I've lived through several 45c degree days with no problems but it's not that humid

[kilreli]

muahahahahha! how do you like them apples?! (a.k.a. new avatar)
all done with 3 minutes of scanning the web for images, and 5 minutes of low quality photoshop work. :D

[4letterwords]

Its not any hotter than the summers back in good ol indiana, but the problem here is that its so humid... its like swimming through the air.
I never sweat back at home, but here, if Im out for 5 minutes Ive got beads of sweat on my head and neck. Its terrible.
It also sucks that families turn off the airconditioner when they go to bed. Its really expensive but Im almost willing to pay their air conditioning bill just so I dont have to wake up every 20 minutes to fan myself off and towel off the sweat.

[koku]

Your new msn name is horrible.


Discuss.

[Trump]

The Floridian cannot feel sorry for you.

Take your current (high) temperature and humitidy, add 10 degrees (F, about 5 C) and you end up with an average Florida day.

Today is supposed to be a little cooler actually, only a high of 89 F.

[japanat]

Its not any hotter than the summers back in good ol indiana, but the problem here is that its so humid... its like swimming through the air.
I never sweat back at home, but here, if Im out for 5 minutes Ive got beads of sweat on my head and neck. Its terrible.

What I'd give to have beads of sweat - buckets is more like it. From now thru Sept, I'll go thru 2 shirts/day, 3 when exercising.

To repeat the trite: It's not the heat, it's the humidity. Colorado hits 105deg in Aug, but 40% humidity means everyone moves inside. I'm looking forward to going home for a few weeks this Aug, where I won't sweat at all!!!!

And Trump, the wind actually blows in Florida! Only the politicians do here...

[seiji]

The Floridian cannot feel sorry for you.

Take your current (high) temperature and humitidy, add 10 degrees (F, about 5 C) and you end up with an average Florida day.

Today is supposed to be a little cooler actually, only a high of 89 F.
I've lived in Georgia most of my life (weather remarkably like Kinki), and I complain all summer there too. With humidity over 75%, all temperatures over 27C are equally horrible.
At least I got fixed utilities! My A/C is on 25C all night! Muahahaha~ :whoops:

[blank slate]

When it rains it had to be the worst. It feels so damn damp, and the air just feels like it weighs a few pounds. What sucks the most is that it rains practically every damn day. Stupid seabreezes.

[gentlemanandscholar]

Even Toronto, Canada gets a regular temperature above 27.

But try working in a greenhouse every day where it is humid, has no wind, and is regularly 35-40C. I trump you all.

[Scott]

It's not the heat, it's the humidity.

Really.

[paideuo]

The weather is perfect where I live... Aaaaahhh... comfortable. Take that suckas.

[laggedreaction]

Well, I was back home in Chicago 2 weeks and it was hotter there than here.

It just happens to be humid here in Japan, which sucks ass.

[Kwiz]

... even though its a pretty gay topic. ...

Siezure time.

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/4670/gaybomb3jw.gif

[Rogue_7]

I'm from Colorado which often seems to have negative humidity. So this dripping wet mega-heat is absolutly killing me. Thank god for ac! (and beer. lots of beer.)

[Trump]

Normal day (for June/July) is around 33 C with 80+ % humidity in Orlando. It gets worse in late August =(

[Peej]

I've lived in Georgia most of my life (weather remarkably like Kinki), and I complain all summer there too. With humidity over 75%, all temperatures over 27C are equally horrible.
At least I got fixed utilities! My A/C is on 25C all night! Muahahaha~ :whoops:

I am in Iraq right now where every day the temp hits above 115 fahrenheit, oh and the wind is always hotter than the sun..... or so it seems. Just stand in front of a wall of hair dryers and turn them all on high heat and its about the same. :knockout:

[Plekto]

California also gets hot, too, being mostly desert. 110 in the shade is common in July/August. It takes your body 8-10 weeks to get used to a climate change, btw - so it'll get slightly better in a couple of months.

[Peej]

hehe, Ive been out here for about 10 months now and have gotten used to it as much as I can. The insane temp still sucks though :(

[Plekto]

But in a couple of months, it'll be cooler. See how it works? ;)

[PiccoloNamek]

I live in Georgia, where the summers are extremely hot and very, very humid. I just got back from vacationing in Panama City, which is even hotter and more humid. I doubt Japan would bother me very much.

[Trump]

Ah yes, Panama City. I have a friend who lives there. Nice beach =)

[JusenkyoGuide]

I am in Iraq right now where every day the temp hits above 115 fahrenheit, oh and the wind is always hotter than the sun..... or so it seems. Just stand in front of a wall of hair dryers and turn them all on high heat and its about the same. :knockout:
Sounds JUST like home. Southern Nevada will get up there in the summer, Northern Nevada usually just hangs around 100 through.

The dampness is killing me too. I'm told I'm in a dry part of Japan, but I keep having to remind people that my home is a desert and Matsumoto is NOT dry compared to that.

[erbiumfiber]

I don't think Tokyo has gone much over 30 C this year. Mostly it's been in the twenties- MUCH cooler than Washington DC and about the same humidity.

I run the aircon all night long and I think my worst electric bill has been about 15,000 yen (go apartments! houses cost a lot more to cool).

[EIJI]

It is VERY hot in Tokyo today, really.
Don't go to 'Tama-doubutsuen' but go to 'Tokyo Summer Land'!
http://www.summerland.co.jp/index2.html

[erbiumfiber]

Today is extra humid because the remnants of the typhoon that hit Korea are passing over. But even today I don't think it's over 32. A couple of summers ago we had a few days hit 40 C. THAT really sucked. But, yeah, today it feels really hot from the typhoon air- not breathable at all...

[kilreli]

man i just had an hour and a half long (uh...cant remember the name but its a) religious ceremony in my school. that was a killer. it was so freakin hot and all of us were sitting shoulder to shoulder. at least i was like that. i almost died. sweating during that whole time. it was torture. :(
so freakin huummiiiddd

[Plekto]

But you all suffered together. Ah - the opportunity to make memories toegther! ;)

[Pierrot le Fou]

Kyoto is Hell.

Current Humidity: 79%
Current Temperature: 84°F (29°C)
High Today: 90°F (32°C)

Yeah, pretty-much like Orlando (32°C high, 83.9% humidity, but it's night and raining so it may not have been as humid earlier).

But compared to Boston...

Well, okay, in Boston right now it's 90% humidity, and the high was 32°C. Damn. Heat wave across the world.

I almost died last year in Kyoto when I was teaching in an un-air-conditioned classroom in the middle of the day with 85% humidity, on the fourth floor, and the thermometer read 42°C.

I get out of Kyoto, and the humidity drops like a rock.

Kyoto Humidity: 79%
Osaka Humidity: 65%

Yeah. (For reference, Tokyo has a 33°C high today, but only 65% humidity -- balmy I say)

[mikem]

That was only 65% humidity? Ugh. This morning sucked much much ass.

Damn you typhoon! I think its sort of starting to cool off now though. Either that or they finally fixed the A/C in this building.

[japanat]

It takes your body 8-10 weeks to get used to a climate change, btw - so it'll get slightly better in a couple of months.
It's been 16 years!!!:bang:

PLF is right, Kyoto is the humidity capital of Japan.

[Trump]

It has actually been very nice in Orlando recently. I'm dreading next month, and I'm always rooting for rain and hurricanes! Bring them on!! hehe

[Yz_gurlie]

Ohhhh! Hot as in temperature!




How disappointing.

[羽之助]

Bloody typhoon! It's so humid now that all the random papers in my apartment are ... not feeling as crisp as they should be.

I told kids about how my school was old and didn't have air conditioning, so the teacher would bring one from home and stick it on his desk for our benefit. They GLARED at their teacher after I told them that :D

[4letterwords]

God I hate central tokyo. My bf and I went to Shinjuku today to do some love hotel`n and so he could visit some of the places in his old college (Waseda). Instead of taking the metro from shinjuku station to takadanobaba then to waseda, we walked allllll the way from shinjuku station to waseda in the fucking heat wave of the century. I think I bought something at every 7 11 in Shinjuku. Did I mention I hate central tokyo? Ontop of all the heat and humidity that was simultaneously burning and boiling me alive, I had to deal with the thick layer of smog and regret that filled the Shinjuku air today. Also my boyfriend wanted to eat ramen today at a little place right infront of the entrance to the metro, ya know, for old times sake... but anyone whos eaten ramen at one of those places knows that its served piping hot and if you dont guzzle it down, they assume you dont like it... So yeah, that didnt cool me down much.

But anyway, I got drunk this evening at a bar here, took purikura completely wasted (I havent done either in forever) and walked home at 11, and it was STILL INCREDIBLY HOT. So I was wasted, and sweating like a pig.

Good day.

[kilreli]

i hate the desks at my school. if they get wet and then your white shirt gets on it, the color gets onto your shirt. it looks all yellowish like nasty sweat stains. today me and my friends went out to play futsal at lunch. im shirt was totally soaked (sick anyways) in my next class i forgot about the chair and sat with my back leaning on it. after that i had a nasty yellow mark all over my back. :(

[Mist]

wow i bet it is hot in japan,,,, i wouldn't doubt thats why you'll see me there as soon as the cold brezze decides to move in... but hey im in South Florida and im used to all this hot ass sticky weather, but whatevea you cant complain cause it dont make no use....so my solution....catch a ride with someone who has a a/c or when ever your driving keep that shit on blast....then you probably wont mind the weather, plus im happy to go to japan at least i wont have to worry about evacuating the area cause a hurricane is about to pass over....but probably when i reach to japan there will be more different type of natural disasters waiting to be heard about and felt like ive never felt before....e.g..... earthquake...wow i rather a hurricane than a dame earthquake..aaahhhhh:gloomy: :frypan: :box: me--:hat:



:gloomy: Tomorrow Never Comes Until Its Too Late...:gloomy:

[Mist]

but then again....whenever a hurricane comes im usually more happy cause no where to go....no work....yaaa...but it kinda sucks major ass cause whenever your driving you always gotta stop at every single damn intersection cause the traffic lights and electricty are the first to go....then you'll start hearing about people stealing generators and shit....and i always used to wonder why...then i seen the price tag and i realized why....but then again when you live in a neighborhood and these stupid ass people who like to run their generators all time of the night.....thats when shit gets fucked up...cause everybody wants to have electricty but then other people get pissed cause their generators are so loud they usually wake the whole dame hood up so im like watevea......:frypan:

[Trump]

I was playing ultimate last night and it was quite possibly the most humid I've ever felt. Sweating did absolutely no good. Even wiping off the sweat did no good, you just had to ignore it!

I've always found hot things help me cool off. For example, eat some spicy chili, you'll sweat and cool down! hehe

[FOBulous]

California also gets hot, too, being mostly desert. 110 in the shade is common in July/August. It takes your body 8-10 weeks to get used to a climate change, btw - so it'll get slightly better in a couple of months.
Depends on what part of California. I'm close to the beach so it only gets to a high of about 80F with a cool ocean breeze. But what's tough is my Starbucks isn't as cold as I would like it to be... :meh:

I'm just kidding. But cool off when you can. Or come here and I'll buy you a cold beer.

[mawande]

In Moka/Kanuma/Kaminokawa (you know, where I live) it was a hot, boiling day. And then the passenger window motor failed. My passenger window sat open. Naturally, it rained like a demon later and my poor little car was swamped. So, now I'm driving another vehicle, loaner from the mechanic. *sigh*

[mikem]

Last night I walked all the way from Shibuya to Nakano at about 1am. I got home around 2:15 and was completley drenched. I hung my shirt and pants to dry and when I got up at 7:30 they were still completely wet.

It was a bit fucking humid yesterday!

Lucky this morning it was much much better. The weather was actually fairly nice in Tokyo today! (Thank god too cause it was hotter.)

[羽之助]

Well, all the humidity has decided to condense into rainstorms now! My area has been issued flood warnings. Maybe the river running through town will flood and I won't have to see rusting playground sets anymore. Still can't dry my clothes, though ...

[Pierrot le Fou]

It's pouring here too. Jesus Christ. Just cleared up, but was torrentially downpouring for a bit there.

[Trump]

Woohoo! Humidity under 50%! High of 94, not too bad.

All I have to say is that looking at the weather forcast is an exercise in futility though. For the next 5 days... "Daytime: Chance/Isolated/Scattered (or some other term similar) of T-storms, high ~91 low ~75" Whoa, a week from Tuesday (yes, 10 days from now) it actually says mostly sunny!

I think I could forecast the weather here lol

[seiji]

I would like to register a complaint against whatever being controls the weather over Kansai. I have been hearing forecasts of rain for the past three weeks or so and seen hardly a drizzle until today, the day of the main parade of the Gion Matsuri.
And it's still hot.

[japanat]

You wanna know what's the most disappointing thing about it? They're a hell of a lot more accurate than in Colorado. When they say rain here, it usually rains (except during 'rainy season', which is when it never rains). And when they say 10days of rain, I break out the anti-depressants!!!

[羽之助]

Rain AGAIN today. I think there was a whole hour of sunshine yesterday though. Oh, get this. I asked the bartender of the bar I go to when the rainy season usually ends; and he says that he doesn't think it WILL end this year! Apparenty they had weather like this last year that lasted right through August and flooded a few places.

[bakagaijin]

Winter in Canada or rainy season in Japan. Which is worse?

[羽之助]

Both.

We get the Red River and Saguenay (?) floods, Japan gets bloody Aomori and Niigata snowfalls up to the roof.

[erbiumfiber]

Yay, it's about 25 in Tokyo today- was about 28 yesterday. It's about 94 or so in the DC area; I definitely think I had it worse in the US (and, yes, the humidity in DC is just as bad as in Tokyo).

[Druid]

XD
It's gettin hot everywhere. Had it at 92 today in Memphis. Sucked since I had to work in the garden. Thank goodness my house faces east or I would've had to deal with straight sun all fricken day.

[haterllnation]

Its not any hotter than the summers back in good ol indiana, but the problem here is that its so humid... its like swimming through the air.
I never sweat back at home, but here, if Im out for 5 minutes Ive got beads of sweat on my head and neck. Its terrible.
It also sucks that families turn off the airconditioner when they go to bed. Its really expensive but Im almost willing to pay their air conditioning bill just so I dont have to wake up every 20 minutes to fan myself off and towel off the sweat.

It was 100+ degrees yesterday! The humidity here is lame. I was sweating in the shade standing. The wind blew and I fell into a coma...Okay, not really but whatever. So, I am guessing their humidity there is from the depths of Hell. I can't imagine a swamp in this weather..:knockout:

[Crowley]

Just so you have some sympathy, it's 100 in england at the moment too.

[jindojim]

100 here too w/ a heat index of 105-110.

I stayed inside most of the day.

[JusenkyoGuide]

It's still raining over here, a hard downpour that has been going on since Sunday. There's actually students who can't make it to school due to the rain shutting down the trainlines and making the streets unsafe.

Still, on the other hand, at least it has cooled down quite a bit.

[japanat]

School has been cancelled due to rain and flooding, and my kids are crawling the walls!!! Can't go outside, can't stand it inside.......AAAUuuuuggghhh. My brains have spilt out my ears.

[erbiumfiber]

Ah, another beautiful rainy day in Tokyo with a high of 25 degrees. I will take rain over heat any day of the week.

[Plekto]

45C here in Los Angeles. In the shade.
(that's 113 F)

[japanat]

Only 27C here, it's cloudy, hence no shade. 98% relative humidity. I'm sweating inside my house!

LA?

[Hatsumomo]

You know what's fun? I left hot and muggy Japan where you're completely soaked in your sweat as soon as you step outside...to come home to hot and muggy Virginia where you're completely soaked in your sweat as soon as you step outside.

And in a couple of weeks, I go back down to hot and muggy Wilmington, North Carolina, where you're completely soaked in your sweat as soon as you step outside.

Hooray for living in the Mid-Atlantic and the South, eh?

[seiji]

Hooray for living in the Mid-Atlantic and the South, eh?
Amen. I hear the "Kyoto sure is hot and humid in summer, huh?" line a dozen times daily. All the other exchange students are from much cooler climates, so they agree emphatically. I get some small satisfaction from responding, "yeah, it feels just like home."
I hate Atlanta weather too. :bang:

[delen]

its 6,000°C here

thats right... I live on the surface of the sun

[GovernorOfCA]

50% humidity, 104 degrees Farenheit outside, 91 degrees inside, I have no air conditioner and a broken power plant shut off the power to my neighborhood for 28 hours. I'm in San Jose, California, where 6 days of near-100 degree temps have made it the hottest week on record. They shut down the mall today, where there had been more people inside enjoying the climate-controlled environment than during the Christmas season, because of a fire somewhere inside the mall.

(Japan is hot. Yes. It was death. Now this post is all things Japan-related.)

[Digital Masta]

Granted I get more rain here than in the states but as far as actual weather is concerned...its not to different where I live in the states.

[ミュー]

I just got back and the weather in the Southeastern US is like hell... or 関西. It's 90-100F everyday and makes 東京 weather feel like 札幌…一番. I miss that 東北 weather the most right now. 盛岡 was sometimes hot during the day, but always managed to get nice and cool by nighttime.

[Urban~Ninja]

God after i left and i came back to winter in Aus i was so happy, i hated the heat in Japan, waking up in your own pool of water, wearing a school uniform while you could barely breath, and the whole fact that my room's AC did work 75% of the time.

[Bagpuss]

I have to get in to work before anyone else in my office so I can turn the air-con on and hide the remote. I mean a small room with 16 computers is going to be unpleasant anywhere during summer, but in Japan now its pure torture.

[羽之助]

I just got back and the weather in the Southeastern US is like hell... or 関西. It's 90-100F everyday and makes 東京 weather feel like 札幌…一番. I miss that 東北 weather the most right now. 盛岡 was sometimes hot during the day, but always managed to get nice and cool by nighttime.

You were in Morioka? I live like an hour away.

[Plekto]

Correction - we almsot broke the all-time record here in California last Saturday. 119F in the shade in one area of Los Angeles. Way too hot.