Yesterday, my husband went to a dentist to have wisdom tooth removed. It took him nearly 2 years to make up his mind after his dentist suggested. He said that the surgery took for a few hours when he had another wisdom tooth removed and the experience was horrible.
The extraction procedure seemed to have gone very smoothly yesterday and finished within 45 minutes. My hasband said that the anesthetic injection was a bit painful but effective. He went to bed early last night before the anesthetic wears off completely and he could eat normally this morning.
The wisdom tooth is called "Oyashirazu" in Japanese, which literally means "(the tooth that) parents don't know", because it develops after one's adolescence. I perfer the Japanese term to the English one.
Who would want his wisdom removed?
Saturday, 19 February 2011
Warm and windy
It wasn't an intention of this blog to record everyday weather in Tokyo, but I haven't been going out much these days and there isn't much happening in my life.
Anyway, it was very windy today. In my old apartment, the windows were constantly making loud noise. It was even hard to walk straight when I went shopping in the evening.
While winds were strong, it was unusually warm during the day. Some of my spring plants started flowering. I think that they made a mistake because the cold weather is focasted to return tomorrow.
Anyway, it was very windy today. In my old apartment, the windows were constantly making loud noise. It was even hard to walk straight when I went shopping in the evening.
While winds were strong, it was unusually warm during the day. Some of my spring plants started flowering. I think that they made a mistake because the cold weather is focasted to return tomorrow.
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
It's cold and I have a cold.
It all started a couple of weeks ago. First, I had a sore throat and felt a chill. I went to a chemist and bought a medicine for colds. After taking the medcine for a few days, I felt much better, but then my husband became ill. He said that he caught a cold from me, so I gave him my medicine. A few days later, while my husband got better, I started coughing. My husband said that that's because I stopped taking the medicine before my full recovery. We both took the medicine for a few days and finished the pack. During the next few days, we were both well, and even went to the gym to do some exercises. However, my husband came back home very late last Saturday when it snowed and was very cold. He started coughing and seemed ill. He went to the chemist on the next day and started takig the cold medicine again. And, guess what? Since this morning, I have a sore throat. Boy..., when can we get out of this negative spiral?
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Snow again, but sunny now.
It snowed again last night in Tokyo. It was heavier than the last week's snow and it accumulated to 2 cm from the ground, according to the Met Agancy. Snow piled up on my doffodils and its stem was bent..., however they regained the strength today so I felt relieved.
It was Valentine's Day yesterday. Some of the major trains were stopped last night, and I hope that people who were out for dinner could safely go back home. Trains and flights are back to normal since this morning as it became sunny much earlier than the Met Agency forcasted. It was very cold in the morning due to radiative cooling, but the weather is easing in the afternoon.
It was Valentine's Day yesterday. Some of the major trains were stopped last night, and I hope that people who were out for dinner could safely go back home. Trains and flights are back to normal since this morning as it became sunny much earlier than the Met Agency forcasted. It was very cold in the morning due to radiative cooling, but the weather is easing in the afternoon.
Friday, 11 February 2011
Snow in Tokyo
It is snowing in Tokyo today. It is the first time in this winter to have this much snow in Tokyo. In the morning, the snow contained lots of water so it did not accumulate on the ground. It has now changed to more like a real snow... It is very cold too, with the maximum day time temperature of 2 degrees celcius.
Japan Meteorogical Agency has issued a snow warning, which is generally issued when the Agency expects more than 5 cm of snow on the ground in Tokyo. (In more snowy regions where people are accustomed to much snow and where the infrastructure is well equipped, the warning may be issues for more than 40 cm of snow.) When I was a child, such snow occured perhpas a few times a year, but in recent years, it became less and less frequent and occurs once in a few years.
Today is the national foundation day, a public holiday in Japan, so is the start of a long weekend. Unfortunately, snow is expected to last until tomorrow, so I'm going to be at home most of the weekend...
Japan Meteorogical Agency has issued a snow warning, which is generally issued when the Agency expects more than 5 cm of snow on the ground in Tokyo. (In more snowy regions where people are accustomed to much snow and where the infrastructure is well equipped, the warning may be issues for more than 40 cm of snow.) When I was a child, such snow occured perhpas a few times a year, but in recent years, it became less and less frequent and occurs once in a few years.
Today is the national foundation day, a public holiday in Japan, so is the start of a long weekend. Unfortunately, snow is expected to last until tomorrow, so I'm going to be at home most of the weekend...
Friday, 4 February 2011
The start of spring
Today is "risshun" in the Japanese calendar, which literally means "the start of spring".
Just as it says, it is sunny and warm like spring today in Tokyo. It is a nice change after the severe cold weather for the past few weeks.
Just as it says, it is sunny and warm like spring today in Tokyo. It is a nice change after the severe cold weather for the past few weeks.
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Record snow in Japan
Japan Meteorological Agency announced yesterday that the amount of snow in January was the highest on record at 37 weather stations located mostly on the Sea of Japan side of Japan. In Tokyoku and Hokuriku in the north of Honshu, the snow amount exceeded 3 metres. On the other hand, the climate on the Pacific Ocean side of Japan remained summy and recorded extremely low precipitation.
The deepest accumulated snow was observed in Uonuma in Niigata with 4.09 metres. The measurement was the second highest on record and twice as much as the average year.
JMA reported that this extreme weather in Japan was caused by Arctic Oscillation and La Nina, which brought intermissive frost over the Japanese archipelago from the Japan Sea side.
Yes, it's been very dry here in Tokyo. It's the first time I need to put so much moisturiser on my skin. It is also very, very cold. I generally don't turn on a heater during the daytime to save energy, but I cought cold last week and I now use heating all day long.
The deepest accumulated snow was observed in Uonuma in Niigata with 4.09 metres. The measurement was the second highest on record and twice as much as the average year.
JMA reported that this extreme weather in Japan was caused by Arctic Oscillation and La Nina, which brought intermissive frost over the Japanese archipelago from the Japan Sea side.
Yes, it's been very dry here in Tokyo. It's the first time I need to put so much moisturiser on my skin. It is also very, very cold. I generally don't turn on a heater during the daytime to save energy, but I cought cold last week and I now use heating all day long.
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