by Kyle Yates | Aug 9, 2014 | Kansai Area News, Kansai Weather
It feels like we just had a typhoon. Oh, actually, we did. One typhoon just passed by Japan’s main island through the Japan Sea. Korea got the brunt end of that last storm. However, this time around, Japan is getting a beating! Halong has already hit Okinawa and...
by Kyle Yates | Aug 14, 2012 | Kansai Area News, Kansai Weather
A major storm is currently going through the heart of the Kansai region. Non-stop lightning and torrential rain are striking Osaka and Kyoto cities. Flooding is occurring from some of the heaviest downpours I have ever seen. Lightning strikes of about 1 per every 2...
by Kyle Yates | Sep 17, 2011 | Japan Related, Kansai Weather
Japan is still getting over typhoon 12 that hit the mainland a few weeks ago and now two typhoons, 15 and 16, are just off the coast sending heavy rain. Typhoon 16 doesn’t look to reach mainland Japan, but typhoon 15 is hovering south near Okinawa and...
by Kyle Yates | Aug 9, 2008 | Kansai Living
Heavy rain and lightning have been hitting Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto areas causing flash flooding, power outages and many other problems lately. Heavy thunderstorms in Tokyo caused flooding in rural Shinjuku and surrounding areas. People were stranded in their cars...
