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Tourists brave Typhoon Jangmi to queue at two famous sites in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Jun 4, 2026 - Tweet
The spots people queue for despite bad weather might surprise you.
- Japan
- (Dogenzaka • Dotonbori Theater • Hachiko • Hachiko statue • Japan travel • rain • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • Shibuya Station • SNJO • stations • Tokyo • tourism • trains • travel • typhoon • Typhoon Jangmi)
3,000-year-old tree in Japan’s Princess Mononoke forest snapped in two by typhoon【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 4, 2024
Yakushima’s ethereally beautiful valley closed to visitors following storm damage.
- Japan
- (COK • nature • outdoors • Princess Mononoke • storm • tourism • travel • typhoon • Typhoon Shanshan • Yakushima • Yayoi Cedar • Yayoi Sugi)
Is it OK to order pizza delivery during a typhoon? We ask Japan’s big three pizza chains
- Casey Baseel
Sep 22, 2022
Debate divides Japan when storms hit and stomachs rumble.
- Japan
- (COK • dominos pizza • food • pizza • pizza delivery • Pizza Hut • Pizza-la • SNJO • society • typhoon)
The nominees for Japan’s 2019 buzzwords are here, include “#KuToo”, “Cashless” and “Paprika”
- Katy Kelly
Nov 11, 2019
The candidates for the top ten catchphrases that defined Reiwa’s first year are here! Who knew bubble tea could be a verb?
- Japan
- (#KuToo • buzzwords • cashless • Dragon Quest • Japanese language • Jiyu Kokuminsha • Nikunikushii • paprika • reduced tax rate • Reiwa • shady business • tapioca bubble tea • Tapiru • typhoon • U-Can)
Japanese Internet thanks the “Underground Temple” that siphoned off Typhoon Hagibis’ torrent
- Katy Kelly
Oct 18, 2019
Users rush to post and gush over photos of the waterlogged caverns beneath Japan’s Metropolitan Area.
- Japan
- (cool • disaster relief • engineering • G-Cans Project • Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel • Saitama • twitter • typhoon • Typhoon Hagibis)
Japanese boy knows the one thing he needs when evacuating from typhoon, and it melts our hearts
- Casey Baseel
Oct 16, 2019
”We’re only taking the most important things with us,” dad says before Typhoon Hagibis, and son knows exactly what that is.
- Japan
- (COK • evacuation • family • kids • moving • parents • touching • typhoon • Typhoon Hagibis)
Japanese Twitter in an uproar about Tokyo ward that banned homeless from evacuation shelters
- Dale Roll
Oct 15, 2019
Many and much was said about the policy by Japanese netizens.
- Japan
- (evacuation • homeless • human rights • Taito Ward • Tokyo • typhoon • Typhoon Hagibis)
Wild boars leap from river, run across rice fields like a scene from a Ghibli anime film【Video】
- Oona McGee
Oct 15, 2019
Unexpected post-typhoon scene in Japan is so beautiful it looks like something from a movie.
- Japan
- (animals • anime • boars • Ghibli • nature • news • Princess Mononoke • rivers • Studio Ghibli • twitter • typhoon • Typhoon Hagibis • videos)
Canadian rugby team volunteers in typhoon-struck Japan following cancellation of World Cup match
- Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2019
Typhoon Hagibis brought Team Canada’s World Cup campaign to an early finish, but the kindhearted athletes still had one more thing to do in Japan.
- Canada, Japan
- (canada • moving • rugby • Rugby World Cup • sports • touching • typhoon • video • volunteer)
Flood victims send SOS tweets on Twitter in wake of Typhoon Hagibis
- Oona McGee
Oct 14, 2019
Residents trapped by rising floodwaters use special disaster hashtags to get the attention of the Self-Defence Forces.
- Japan
- (disaster prevention • floods • news • rain • rescue • trains • twitter • typhoon • Typhoon Hagibis • weather)
Shibuya rats scuttle along streets in the wake of Typhoon Hagibis【Video】
- Oona McGee
Oct 13, 2019
This Tokyo area is now being nicknamed “Rat Land” by people in Japan.
Typhoon Hagibis turns Tokyo into an eerie ghost town【Pics, Video】
- Oona McGee
Oct 13, 2019
In Akihabara, giant screens blared happy tunes to deserted streets as a life-threatening typhoon approached Japan.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • ghost town • news • photos • rain • Tokyo • trains • twitter • typhoon • Typhoon Hagibis • weather)
One bizarre Japanese trading card gets a literal strength bonus from this weekend’s typhoon
- Scott Wilson
Oct 13, 2019
Whether you know the game or not, this is pretty hilarious.
- Japan
- (duel masters • extreme weather • funny • trading card game • twitter • typhoon)
Typhoon Hagibis turns skies in Japan purply pink, makes people fear the end is nigh
- Oona McGee
Oct 12, 2019
If this is the last day of the world, it sure looks beautiful.
- Japan
- (nature • photography • skies • sunsets • twitter • typhoon • Typhoon Hagibis • weather)
Typhoon warning from NHK Japan “to all foreigners” causes controversy online
- SoraNews24
Oct 11, 2019
There’s a fine line between kindly simplifying the Japanese language and offensively dumbing it down for foreign readers.
- Japan
- (controversy • hiragana • Japanese language • language learning • news • NHK • travel • twitter • typhoon • Typhoon Hagibis • weather • winds)
X Japan’s Yoshiki apologizes for donating “only” 10 million yen after hometown is hit by typhoon
- Casey Baseel
Sep 19, 2019
Legendary J-rocker officially reveals his hometown for the first time.
Typhoon Faxai strands thousands at Narita Airport in Japan【Pics & Video】
- SoraNews24
Sep 10, 2019
Store shelves stripped of goods as suspended services leave people with “no escape” at airport.
- Japan
- (airport • airports • Chiba • Narita Airport • news • rain • trains • travel • typhoon • Typhoon Faxai • weather • winds)
Typhoon Faxai causes commuter chaos during peak hour in Japan【Pics & Video】
- SoraNews24
Sep 9, 2019
Commuters waited in jaw-dropping queues that stretched for several blocks outside train stations in and around Tokyo.
- Japan
- (Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • rush hour • train stations • trains • typhoon • Typhoon Trami)
Typhoon Faxai makes landfall in Japan, batters Tokyo area 【Pics & Video】
- SoraNews24
Sep 9, 2019
Haneda Airport one of the areas damaged by strong winds and torrential rain.
- Japan
- (Chiba • Haneda Airport • Kanagawa • news • rain • Shizuoka • trains • typhoon • Typhoon Faxai • weather • winds)
Commuter chaos around Tokyo during peak hour after Typhoon Trami hits Japan 【Pics & Video】
- Oona McGee
Oct 2, 2018
Commuters were forced to line up outside train stations around the city as staff restricted entry due to suspended services.
- Japan
- (Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • rush hour • train stations • trains • typhoon • Typhoon Trami)
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