Typhoons Really Blow

With a huge typhoon bearing down on the Tokyo area, today’s Real Time News decided to put on of their reporters in a typhoon simulation room to show us the effects of such a storm:

The actual storm is actually stronger than that simulation, so it would probably be a good idea to avoid going outside tomorrow if you live in the Kanto area…

9 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - September 6, 2007 at 9:45 pm

Categories: Japanese TV Tags:

RSS feed | Trackback URI

9 Comments »

Comment by Xylo

2007-09-06 23:11:08

It’s funny to see how people keep clinging to their destroyed umbrellas, like some kind of life preserver. “It’s raining! I must hold this over my head!!”

Rate this comment: 0 0

Reply to this comment

Comment by shazzb0t

2007-09-06 23:54:31

damn captain, tie down the women and children for REAL!

Rate this comment: 0 0

Reply to this comment

Comment by MsRebecca

2007-09-07 01:22:11

That is scary!
I can’t even imagine what that would be like..

Rate this comment: 0 0

Reply to this comment

Comment by tya

2007-09-07 07:26:49

does anyone know the train situation? after sitting in KitaSenju for an hour trying to get to Matsudo I gave up and have been holed up at a friends house so it’s hard to get train info. since he doesnt have the internet.

Rate this comment: 0 0

Reply to this comment

Comment by D-san

2007-09-07 08:56:08

My Fiance has to go to work in this. She came home soaked with her broken umbrella last night.

BTW Why didn’t they just go outside?

Rate this comment: 0 0

Reply to this comment

Comment by Ghettocities

2007-09-07 09:03:43

Ha, I just got my plane ticket to Tokyo today and I’m leaving in a few weeks. It’s a good thing my new digital camera only costed $600.00

Rate this comment: 0 0

Reply to this comment

Comment by Colin

2007-09-07 10:54:20

That top picture from the article reminds me of “The Sinking of Japan”

Rate this comment: 0 0

Reply to this comment

Trackback responses to this post

- A Chinese Family That Loves Japanese Stuff
  An NTV reporter visits an apartment in Shanghai where every appliance to have been made in Japan: The family that lives... »
- 20 Billion Tweets
  A Japanese internet user has been officially declared the author of Twitter's 20 billionth tweet: The Twitter message was... »
- First Errand Failure
  If you watched that video of the little boy riding a bullet train by himself and concluded that the “Hajimete no Otsukai”... »
- Doorway Monster
  "Nanikore" finds a house in Japan with a scary-looking monster on its front porch: The monster was created by the owner of... »
- Thousands Line Up For Hayabusa Exhibit
  The Hayabusa space probe has been put on public display at the Sagamihara City Museum, and thousands of people have been... »
- Tokyo Sky Tree Beer
  As the construction of the Tokyo Sky Tree progresses, Asahi Beer has decided to change to design of some of its bottles to... »
- Karuizawa Cosplay
  Asahi TV reporters Sahel Rosa and Alain visit an antique photo studio in Karuizawa and try on some... »
- Japan Facing a Farmville Invasion
  It looks like Softbank is planning to bring social games like Farmville to Japan: Zynga, the online gaming company best... »
- 3D Camcorder
  Panasonic will soon be selling a 3D digital camcorder: On July 28th, Panasonic detailed the “world’s first 3D consumer... »
- Japanese Kid Takes Solo Bullet Train Trip
  This 4-year-old kid riding a bullet train to deliver work clothes to his father's restaurant is probably the most impressive... »
- Spiny Softshell Turtle in Japan
  A video clip of a Spiny Softshell Turtle that was captured recently in Nagoya: The species in not native to Japan, so it... »
- Summer 2010 Beef Bowl Price War
  Japan's major beef bowl chains are in the midst of a summer price war: Sukiya, Yoshinoya, and Matsuya will all be dropping... »
Recent Comments