On 10/07/2012 10:14 AM, mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:

> I miss Inogashira and Kouganei Park this time of year. And downtown Tokyo at
> night...
>
> Mike

Unlikely that you'd miss it much this year.  You need a full-body 
rainsuit and waders to get around.  We've been hit by two typhoons in 
four days (last week) and have gone from drought warnings to flood 
warnings in less than a week.  Last night there was a sudden violent 
storm at around 18:00, when all of the elderly were heading home from 
the "Umakappe Matsuri" (local hougen for "umai").  The police and 
ambulance services finally got the roads cleared of wrecked cars around 
02:00 this morning.  On the positive side, the weather has caused the 
bosozoku to stay indoors.

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CL