TOKYO, Sep 16 (Information On Japan) –
A scorching late summer season heatwave gripped Tokyo over the lengthy weekend, coinciding with the Asakusa Samba Carnival, the place dancers twirled by means of intense warmth.
Throughout Japan, 70 places skilled excessive warmth, with Kumamoto recording a September excessive of 37.9°C.
Conventional festivals, resembling Shibuya’s mikoshi parade and Kawasaki’s Okinawa-themed occasion, additionally happened within the unseasonable warmth, with contributors counting on hydration and cooling treats like shaved ice. Many occasion attendees famous that the warmth felt hotter than in Okinawa, regardless of it being mid-September.
