The rainy season has begun here in Japan and anyone who lives here or is thinking of moving here should know that every year, for a few weeks, we are locked in a world of constant rain and general wet misery. This bleak and dreary weather can often lead some to become depressed. If you follow my quick and easy tips though, you’ll never feel gloomy again during Japan’s rainy season!
1. Wear Hawaiian shirts everyday. It may be gloomy outside, but it will be a party everywhere you go!
2. Have loads of electric fans stationed throughout your apartment to dry the clothes you have to hang inside (no dryers here).
3. Install a large inflatable palm tree in the corner of your living room. It will give you that tropical feeling you so long for. My wife doesn’t know I plan to do this and she probably won’t like it too much, but I know my son sure will!
4. Booze! Lots of booze may help you forget this dreary period of the year. Go on a bender until rainy season is over. You’ll be just like a beautiful butterfly emerging from your drunken cocoon in the summer!
5. Quite your job and move to a desert region. Once the rainy season is over, move back to Japan and beg for your job back (it might just work).
6. If you are a runner like me, don’t let the rain discourage you. People in Japan may not run in the rain, but you sure did back home in Canada, America, U.K etc. Don’t forget your soaking wet running past!
7. Wear sunglasses everywhere you go and complain about how bright it always is! Convince yourself that it isn’t cloudy! Young women all around Japan wear large sunglasses inside, outside, during the daytime and nighttime....you'll blend right in!
8. Always keep the lights on in your apartment and buy several extra lamps. Make your apartment as bright as possible. Sure, it won’t be good for your power bill, but you’ll feel more cheery!
9. Drink heavily….ah wait…I already mentioned that one.
10. Only eat food from India, Jamaica, Korea and Mexico. Spicy food will warm you up. With that increased body temperature you might be fooled into believing it isn’t so damp and crappy outside.
Follow these tips and you’re sure to have a far more enjoyable rainy season here in Japan.
Also, don’t forget to take them with a grain of salt ;)
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6 comments:
Loved this post! Great advice sir...
These are great ideas! I want my own inflatable palm tree! haha
One other option that you didn't mention is: move to Hokkaido! haha We don't have a rainy season but Sapporo still has plenty of beer to go on a bender~! ;)
Great blog, Kevin! I especially liked #9. I will be taking your advice for sure! -Kurt :-)
um yeah.... i like the inflatable tree and the beer binge project... all GOOD ideas!
haha, great stuff here! New to these pages.
If that a beer?? Haha! It's weekend effect sorry. Thanks for post this guide it would be perfect for a friend who travel to Japan next week. Keep sharing.
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