Storms

The summer heatwave has given way to cooler and more changeable weather. So the last 10 days or so have been much cooler (mid 20s). It has also been a lot wetter - with rainstorms on one day on each of the last 2 weekends.

This is Saturday afternoon in Shinjuku. A good day for staying inside the 'Takashimya' shopping centre.



On Friday we had what was probably the most impressive thunderstorm I've ever seen. It was very intense for about 2 hours with lots of lightening and really loud prologued thunder - some of it crashing right overhead and shaking the windows!



Unfortunately I was too absorbed to grab the camera until the storm was dying down. But this gives some idea.





One of these lightening bolts struck a big tree in Yoyogi park and blew off most of its branches