Japan Environment Diary

Norovirus debut

Norovirus disease is very common in Japan where people customary eat raw shellfish such as oysters. The norovirus is highly contagious so sm...

2011/02/25 23:44

Pandas come to Japan

Giant pandas are perhaps the most popular animal in Japan. Two giant pandas are coming to Japan from China this evening, and many Japanese ...

2011/02/21 19:56

Wisdom removed

Yesterday, my husband went to a dentist to have wisdom tooth removed. It took him nearly 2 years to make up his mind after his dentist sugge...

2011/02/19 22:40

Warm and windy

It wasn't an intention of this blog to record everyday weather in Tokyo, but I haven't been going out much these days and there isn't much h...

2011/02/19 00:23

It's cold and I have a cold.

It all started a couple of weeks ago. First, I had a sore throat and felt a chill. I went to a chemist and bought a medicine for colds. Afte...

2011/02/16 22:29

Snow again, but sunny now.

It snowed again last night in Tokyo. It was heavier than the last week's snow and it accumulated to 2 cm from the ground, according to the M...

2011/02/15 14:33

Snow in Tokyo

It is snowing in Tokyo today. It is the first time in this winter to have this much snow in Tokyo. In the morning, the snow contained lots o...

2011/02/11 16:21

The start of spring

Today is "risshun" in the Japanese calendar, which literally means "the start of spring". Just as it says, it is sunny and warm like sprin...

2011/02/04 16:22

Record snow in Japan

Japan Meteorological Agency announced yesterday that the amount of snow in January was the highest on record at 37 weather stations located ...

2011/02/02 12:06