Weathery

There’s a saying in Kanazawa: 弁当忘れても傘忘れるな (bentō wasuretemo, kasa wasureruna), which simply means „even if you forget your lunch, do not forget your umbrella”. And the longer I’m here, the more I observe what’s happening outside, the more I agree with this saying.

On the one hand weather forecasts in Japan are very reliable. I haven’t yet had a day where I’d check the forecast in the morning on the Japanese Meteorological Agency’s website that would not come true. But even the best weather forecast will not warm us when exactly the heavens shall open and a bucketful of rain will fall on our heads.

Though on the other hand, in Japan almost everything is made to be convenient. So at nearly every corner there will be a konbini, where not only we can buy the forgotten lunch from the saying, but also an umbrella. And if there isn’t a konbini, there may be a hyaku-en shoppu. Or a supermarket. Or maybe even an umbrella shop.

That being said, it’s always better to have one’s own umbrella and not get wet in the first place.