According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, this year is officially the hottest on record in Japan (since they started keeping records in 1898).

It’s certainly felt like it – I don’t think I’ve ever run the A/C so long or so frequently.  It also doesn’t look to be cooling down anytime too soon yet either – weather forecasts predict a heat index (ie “real feel”) hovering around 37 degrees this week…

And boy howdy is it raining… the walk from my station to the office, roughly 5 minutes, left most of my lower body drenched despite the use of an umbrella.  Luckily I have a spare pair of shoes at the office or I’d be squishing along all day >_<;

I think this is all due to some tropical storm/typhoon, hence also the near 100 percent humidity…

To “celebrate”, I’ve gone and added a weather “widget” (WordPress really has all sorts of plugins out there!) to the right – now you can see just what kind of weather I’m experiencing, as well as the following day’s forecast! 🙂