As you probably heard on the news there was another earthquake in Niigata on Monday. This one was centered near the coastal city of Kashiwazaki to the north west of Yuzawa and so while we did get a fair bit of shaking on Monday there has been no damage in this area.

Anyway we had a lot of cloud and rain again yesterday. Cloud is forecast for today, but early on the sun is out. Temperatures may rise to around 27 degrees. More cloud and rain forecast for later on tomorrow and the weekend so it looks like we're not quite into summer proper yet...