On 28 Apr 2004 08:00:03 -0700, worthj1970@yahoo.com (John W.) wrote:

>Is Shikoku ungodly hot in summer?

Yes. The northern half of the island is, anyway. It's not only
consistently among the hottest parts of Japan in the summer (including
Okinawa), but with the summer "yu-nagi" condition we get massive
humidity on the Seto Sea coast with little to no wind movement
throughout the long weeks of the dog days.

I arrived here during the drought year of 1994. That was something. It
was 40 degrees or above for a bunch of days straight and the reservoir
for our drinking water (Sameura Dam - in Kochi) dried up completely. I
had to rush home from work before 9:00PM if I wanted to get a shower
because that's when they shut the water off for the day.

I get the feeling this summer is going to be a hot one.

Raj