me jane 0 Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Last summer I was in a traffic jam on a Tokyo highway & the car's outside thermometer was somewhere in the mid-forties. I think Tokyo traffic jams are the hottest places in Japan. Link to post Share on other sites
daver 0 Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Creek Boy: Daver, do you have a car? Theres a campground about 10K outside the city (Akita) that we camped at. Same for Nebuta Matsuri too. You can camp near the harbor which was only a 20 min walk to the boardwalk in Aomori. Many of the motorcycle peeps camp there. Loads of alcohol and partyfavors to be had sounds great, but i don't have a car, and i'm going up with my folks and aunt and uncle. i'm willing to go as far as to sleep on a park bench to see it, i don't know how much they are. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Cars get totally mad hot so quickly don't they hey? Even in England they do which is saying something. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by daver: i was surprised too. but all my co-workers tell me that yamagata is the hottest place in japan. This comes from Yamagata (allegedly) having the highest temp recorded in Japan. 40.8 C about 70 years ago. It's cooler than the south, TG. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 40.8 is the highest recorded temp? I find that hard to believe. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 my scepticism seems misplaced. I just found an article claiming that exact nugget of info... Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 That surprises me. I would have thought Yamagata generally cool, I wonder why it got that mega temp. How was Sri Lanka soubs? There was a thread concerned about you: http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/8/5874.html#000000 Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 40.8 seems mighty low for a max, which is why I wrote "alleged". I've had 48C twice in Perth, plus summers working in the Pilbara. I don't miss Oz at all. Thanks Big Will. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Yeah, seems really really low to me too Soub. Perth routinely breaks 40, so 40.8 for the highest max in the whole country is surprisingly low for me. Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 It's the 99% humidity that does it for me here more than the heat. Link to post Share on other sites
daver 0 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 yeah no kidding. the humidity here is rough. Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 ...as guts...and then some... Autumn is how far away now? Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Id say 4 months Davo...Its not really until October when temps become bareable again. I always thought Sept was the worst Link to post Share on other sites
taguchi 0 Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 I think when September come, many people are just tired of ongoing hot weather and so feels worse. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Definitely. It gets very tiring being hot constantly for 3 or more months Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Pussies the lot of ya! I love the hot weather and can put up with it much better than the cold. The only time I don't mind the cold is when I'm up in the snow for some boarding! Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 plenty of potent persistent precipition pounding pavements all over Nippon today! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Not much rain here at all actually... only a few days and even then only for a short time. Lots of cloud though, not too humid and I'm not complaining!! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Haha I said not much rain. But I think it has been raining non stop ever since I posted that. I don't think it will ever stop. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 still raining here. the river is angry I would not go near any steep mountains right now. Link to post Share on other sites
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