Typhoon Jebi may well have been on its way, but this man simply wasn’t going to miss Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine.
Photographs from a small group of islands
Typhoon Jebi may well have been on its way, but this man simply wasn’t going to miss Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine.
Linda says
Well I guess that’s one way to beat the crowds.
Lee says
Yes, although to be fair, there were still a surprising number of people bravely battling the heavy downpours.
Jenn says
I saw the typhoon on cable news. It looked intense. Stay safe!
Lee says
Thanks. Thankfully nothing for us to worry about in Tokyo. Just a bit windy and wet. A very different story in west Japan though…
Hans ter Horst says
Haha, excellent! I never really understood the use of a brolly in a typhoon (as opposed to a simple raincoat) 🙂
I wish I had my camera on the ready two years ago in Kawagoe when a typhoon passed: A guy in a suit, on a bicycle with one hand steering and holding a briefcase in the same hand, in the other hand an umbrella through torrential rain and winds that blew him all over the place. Would have made a YouTube hit 🙂
Lee says
Yeah, every time we have a typhoon there’s always footage of at least one utterly drenched person battling with an inside out umbrella.
It would have. There’s always an audience for gallant salaryman stories/vidoes!
Matt Talbot says
That wouldn’t be someone’s ashes in umbrella man’s plastic bag by any chance? Would explain a lot maybe?
Lee says
Oh, hadn’t even thought of that possibility. Difficult to see what exactly is in the bag, but yeah, if it was a box of ashes, that really would explain a lot. It’d also make me question whether I should have taken the photo in the first place…
cdilla says
“but this man simply wasn’t going to miss Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine” – neither were you it seems 🙂
Looks like I’ve missed a few of your posts. The lamp that lights up to alert me of them glitched out – I reset it today so we’re good again. Technology eh? Hope you enjoyed your time away from the heat.
Lee says
It actually wasn’t my plan to go there (honest!), but after a dental appointment the weather didn’t seem too bad, so I opted for a walk. More or less got away with it, but there were some very heavy showers to contend with…
I like the idea of a light going on. Or not as the case was!
Cheers. Yes, I did thanks. Was a struggle coming back and dealing with it again, but I managed to be away during the worst of it, and this year really was bad.