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Cute Pollen Forecaster

March 12th, 2008 by Claytonian
Pollen Map
A map of pollen in Japan

Dreaded kafunshou (hay fever) season is upon us. To help you predict if you need to pop a few Benadryl before you go out the door, there is a map service, with cute icons demarcating pollen severity, which you can find here. It updates with information gathered from posts throughout the country.

Many of my officemates are being hit hard right now. I seem to be mostly immune at the moment, but it’s only a matter of time before it gets me again, as it has in the past.

[I've been using this for a while; I think credit goes to TOKYOMANGO for the find].

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8 Comments »

Comment by otsuka
2008-03-13 00:21:49

I was sick for the first three months when I came to Japan until I started taking Allegra. Coming from backwoods America to a Megalopolis is never good on your sinuses.

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Comment by hadji
2008-03-13 13:30:03

Say, where do you pick that up?

Mystery drugs arent cutting it!

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Comment by HennaOjisan
2008-03-13 04:11:24

I’ve been tested to be very allergic to some japanese hay, but while i was living there i had no symptoms at all.

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Comment by morningstar
2008-03-13 09:42:23

Well what can anyone do allergies people get happens every year around the world.

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Comment by revil
2008-03-13 11:41:20

Declare War!

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Comment by Jack
2008-03-13 14:21:24

If i were a japanese male i’d feel slightly annoyed with the excessive cuteness, that shit mostly just pisses me off nothing else, i mean the whole country isn’t made up of 5 year olds for gods sake.

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Comment by revil
2008-03-13 14:46:54

If you grew up in a culture with so much cute. It probably wouldn’t make you as angry. Since you grew up with it, you probably learned to either tolerate it or ignore it long ago.

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Comment by Claytonian
2008-03-14 02:01:58

Offended by cuteness? Of this map’s manner? There is officially no post we can make that won’t be controversial these days, it seems.

 
 
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