Rainy season likely over in Tokyo

Rainy season likely over in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - High school students frolic at a beach in Tokyo's Odaiba district on July 22, 2014. The rainy season is believed to have ended in the Kanto-Koshin region in eastern Japan, including the Tokyo metropolitan area, the Japan Metrological Agency said the same day.

Rainy season likely over in Tokyo

Rainy season likely over in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Pedestrians shield themselves from the sun with parasols in Tokyo's upscale Ginza shopping district on July 22, 2014. The rainy season is believed to have ended in the Kanto-Koshin region in eastern Japan, including the Tokyo metropolitan area, the Japan Metrological Agency said the same day.

'Cherry blossom front' arrives in Hokkaido

'Cherry blossom front' arrives in Hokkaido

HAKODATE, Japan - People view cherry blossoms at Goryokaku, Hakodate, on the southern tip of Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. The local metrological observatory said May 7 the area's cherry trees have begun blooming, four days later than usual and six later than last year.

'Cherry blossom front' arrives in Hokkaido

'Cherry blossom front' arrives in Hokkaido

HAKODATE, Japan - People view cherry blossoms at Goryokaku, Hakodate, on the southern tip of Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. The local metrological observatory said May 7 the area's cherry trees have begun blooming, four days later than usual and six later than last year. (Kyodo)

Rainy season likely over in Tokyo

Rainy season likely over in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Pedestrians shield themselves from the sun with parasols in Tokyo's upscale Ginza shopping district on July 22, 2014. The rainy season is believed to have ended in the Kanto-Koshin region in eastern Japan, including the Tokyo metropolitan area, the Japan Metrological Agency said the same day. (Kyodo)

Rainy season likely over in Tokyo

Rainy season likely over in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - High school students frolic at a beach in Tokyo's Odaiba district on July 22, 2014. The rainy season is believed to have ended in the Kanto-Koshin region in eastern Japan, including the Tokyo metropolitan area, the Japan Metrological Agency said the same day. (Kyodo)

Fallen metrological observation instrument

Fallen metrological observation instrument

Photo taken Aug. 31, 2020, shows a radiosonde, an instrument used for meteorological observation, stuck in a tree on the premises of the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo. It is apparently one of several instruments sent into the air by the Kazusa Environmental Research Center from Tokyo's Shibuya Ward using a balloon.