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Volcanoes on Alert Level 3 in Japan – Oct.10, 2016
The volcanic alert level 3 is issued to warn people not to approach the volcano by the Japan meteorological agency when there is a eruption or possibility of eruption that may severely affect places near residential areas. The active volcanoes which currently have alert level 3 on October 10, 2016. Kuchinoerabu-jima, 口永良部島 …
Typhoon Chaba Approaching Western Japan – Oct.04, 2016
10/04/2016 weather
A powerful typhoon No.18, Chaba, is currently on the sea north of Kumejima in Okinawa prefecture, heading to the north with the speed of 20 km/h. JMA says it will move to the sea west of Kyushu in the night of Oct.4th and change directions, moving across the Japan Sea, approaching from western to eastern Japan on Oct 5th. Weather …
Autumnal Equinox
Today is Autumnal Equinox, a national holiday called “Shubun no hi 秋分の日” in Japan. In 1948, the holiday was established for the Japanese to worship ancestors and recall the deceased. Many Japanese visit their ancestors’ graves around that day, rooted in Japan’s unique custom related to Buddhism. In the southern hemisphere, on the other hand, …
