The weather’s been quite dramatic here in Tokyo during the past couple of days. Yesterday it started raining in the afternoon, and rained like crazy in the evening. Our hotel room in Asakusa looked down on a few of the small open-front restaurants common in this neighborhood. Despite the proprietors drawing plastic curtains over the front, by closing time the floors of these establishments were as soaked as the street itself. The news on TV this morning had lots of video of flooded streets, stores, etc. Today it didn’t rain, but it was very windy. Late in the day we had a lovely view of the Sky Tree with dramatic clouds lit by the setting sun.
