69 5 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Escape Japan! Link to post Share on other sites
Kansaiash 6 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 If you are happy to get around with flip flops, a tshirt, board shorts and a cooler box full of beer then anywhere near the water. If that's too hot for you then I guess Hokkaido. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Wild guess but that isn't something that most of us can do (or in my case even want to do). Doesn't change the fact that summmer here is bottom line uncomfortable and certainly not a time to recommend people to come. Well, I think so! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I actually thought it was more unbearable at Fuji Rock than where I lived on the coast.....there was just no breeze at all. I wouldn't like that all summer. I used to get a nice sea breeze through my apartment Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Interesting. Breezes are few and far between from June to September. Cool ones don't exist! Link to post Share on other sites
Gunma Boarder 14 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Fuji Rock is much better than where I live! We get some wind but it's not cool. The only cool breezes I have found besides on the coast are in river valleys where the temperatures are lowered by the cold water. I think I started this whole debate by mentioning how maybe seemore should visit in fall some year. I also said summer isn't so bad but obviously many of you think it is. I admit I would recommend anything but summer to someone visiting unless they wanted to spend their whole trip in the mountains, near a clean(ish) ocean swimming area or in Hokkaido. I think depending on the person I would tell most people to visit in either fall for the colors, spring for the blossoms or winter for the reasons mentioned in this thread and all over this website! A good list, though only 1 and 3 are exclusively winter things. You should try fall one of these years the colors are beautiful! Summer and Spring aren't so bad either Of course winter is going to be the favorite on this site Link to post Share on other sites
angrybird 0 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Don't like the sound of summer. Other seasons sound good though, esp. autumn. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Autumn is great. I'd tell anyone to come round that time. I'm willing to bet though that some places are 最高のコンディション even in mid summer! Jolly well BOOK NOW! Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I quite like Japanese summer where we are, though its too hot for me to get very much done during the day. Any kind of physical work, like doing my firewood, takes way longer because I get knackered and dripping in sweat in no time. Most summer nights round here are under 20C though, so there is plenty of respite from the heat. Rainy season can be completely crap though. Winter in the UK level of depressing. Grey for days on end. Link to post Share on other sites
HighlyTrainedNovaTeacher 2 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Mr Wiggles mentioned it but it's the evenings that do me in. Last summer I basically had the aircon on either through the night or at least until deep into the night. And if I did that, sometimes I'd be awake 10 minutes after the thing turned off. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 We didn't even have any aircon in our house in Hokkaido (most don't). There were a few occasions when it would have been nice but a fan was sufficient. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Actually I could do with air con in my place, the building next door is built so close that it stops a through draft when we have the windows open. Out and about tho, Sapporo has a really nice summer, warm n sunny during the day but with a nice cooling breeze. Link to post Share on other sites
Ross 4 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Wish I was there right now its been stinking hot back here on the Sunshine Coast for some time.Things I like about winter in Japan is the cool change .So look forward to it. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 The snow the skiing crabs no Aussies in crab restaurants beer vending machines Link to post Share on other sites
Gunma Boarder 14 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 +1 for beer vending machines. One served me quite well during this last mammoth of a snow storm Link to post Share on other sites
sapporo 8 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 •Sweet potato trucks roaming the streets. •Sapporo Classic after a day on the slopes. •kotatsu •nabe Minus points -heating on way too high on trains/subways/department stores Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I would also like to add onsen in the snow with flakes falling on my head and my iced sake bucket floating at arm's reach. Link to post Share on other sites
TsugaikeKogen 79 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Tsugaike Kogen 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 But surely such a fantastical place is loved all through the year, TK and not just in winter Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Oh ya.....Nikuman are only in the winter months, too. My pre-ski snack.. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Pizzaman trumps nikuman Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I like them and the curry-man, too. But those extra juicy nIkuman from Circle K or maybe Lawsons are pretty damned good. I usually get a few different ones every time. Had a curry man and a nikuman this morning. Sometimes you luck out with the nikuman and get a nice chunk of meat. Other times not so lucky when you get a chunk of grissle...yuck .. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 *Snow onsen *Skiing *Houto (Yamanashi pot food) Very tasty! *Hot stews, Nabe, etc *Snow Shoeing *Basically anything snow related Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I wonder how this summer will be here, according to everyone I have spoken to here air conditioners are not needed, and in fact hardly any houses have them here. Apparently it is not humid in summer here, just a dry heat and gets chilly at night even in August!. I so hope they are right, but the trouble is Japanese level of not humid and chilly is very different to mine. We shall see once summer arrives. For now though still enjoying winter all all the snow we have and winter foods. Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Tremendously ugly towns and villages that sometimes become acceptably pretty with all the snow. Some even very pretty. Snow does wonders covering all those crumbling buildings and abandoned vehicles etc! Link to post Share on other sites
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