Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Holiday Weather

I guess it's the fact that the Japanese have lived on this island for a good couple of thousand years that makes them so incredibly accurate at predicting weather patterns. My koto teacher said to me the other day, "Once O-Bon is over the temperature will drop and the nights become cooler."

O-Bon was over three days ago. The day after O-Bon the temperature was three degrees cooler. Yesterday was six degrees cooler than last week. Last night I had to get up in the middle of the night to get a blanket.

I just don't understand how Japanese holidays control the weather.

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