Typhoon

We had a pretty strong typhoon here over the weekend. It caused the most damage in Okinawa, where 250 mph winds tossed cars around like they were toys. The majority of houses lost power on the island, and there's definitely some cleaning up to do.

When the typhoon reached Tokyo, it was still fairly strong. Wind gusts were up to 75 mph, though they tended to hang around 30-40 mph on average. I stayed inside during the day when it was still sunny to study. At night, I headed over to the movie theater to watch Snow White and the Huntsman with Tai. The movie is pretty actually; I recommend it.

Due to the wind though, the second movie wasn't showing. So we headed back, and ate udon for a while at a restaurant. The entire time we ate, the windows howled outside. The doors and windows rattled, and rain came down in droves. I waited for a break and managed to get back to my apartment just as the winds kicked up again.

By Monday, everything was clear, but there was trash everywhere. Signs and boxes had been thrown around all over the streets. Tokyo is pretty good about getting everything cleaned up. By today (Tuesday), you couldn't even notice that there was the largest typhoon that Tokyo has felt in a long time.

This morning a fairly large earthquake struck off the coast as well, registering in at a 6.2. I woke up to it actually, but it was only a 3 in Tokyo by that point. There was another smaller earthquake later in the day. Overall, Japan is having some strange weather.

Two weeks ago, we were still 80 degrees and sunny. Then it rained for two straight weeks and dropped down into the 60s. The day after the typhoon the weather is always hot and sunny, so that's good. I just wish it would last a little bit longer.