MY LEAST FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR IS HERE!!! SUMMER 🥲
June is rainy season, then July is the start of heat death, August is super hot sweaty time, then September is hot but slowly gets more bearable…
SO join me today as I complain and discuss my least favorite time of year, why I hate it, how you can prepare for it, and what you can actually do in summer to make it less bad 😎
What do you think of Japanese summer? Let me know down below!!
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🔰 timestamps 🔰
0:00-0:54 welcome to sweaty time
0:55-3:54 why I hate summer
3:55-7:45 how to prepare for and survive summer
7:46-12:24 ways we can try to enjoy summer!
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Daystar – A Moment in Jeju
Daystar – Summer Puberty
JAPANESE SUMMER: what you need to know to SURVIVE 💦 (it’s humid and miserable) 🥲
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HI EVERYONE I HATE SUMMER HERE!!!!!! Okay the festivals are pretty rad (even though by the end of the night you are covered in sweat and bug bites) BUT!!!
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My first trip was in winter. Absolute bliss! I came back the following year. In summer. Yeah, everything Allison said, everything, is true. I have to admit, I underestimated the heat because I come from a hot climate too. But the heat where I’m from is dry, and I think much more manageable than humid heat.
ONE GOOD THING about summer though: enjoy he beautiful hydrangeas! They are just gorgeous! And I also love those clear blue skies and fluffy white clouds, hearing the cicadas chirp.
Summer in Japan didn’t put me off. I came back in Spring the following year.
Not a clue of what you were talking about at 12:23. "Like a bamboo…carved out bamboos – shoot – stick ah you know bamboo thing and like the (unintelligible) that goes down it and you like catch it."
I bought those cold neck rings when I was in Japan a few weeks ago. Unfortunatelly the coolness don't last long. I would recomend the cooling towel. Just wet them in the restroom when they dried up and they'll make you cool again.
the sea breeze cooling wipes with menthol, I think, are amazing. refreshing and leave your skin cool. Also I never bought one, but I once saw cooling pads for your pillow when you sleep.
I went to Osaka l;ast summer (and in 2019). It was not for me! Coming from Singapore that is also hot and humid, the AC in Japan is a lot weaker and shade a lot harder to find. Any other season is better!
We were at Kawagoe yesterday and IT. WAS. RIDICULOUSLY HOT. I’m from Singapore, the land of perpetual summer, and that says a lot. I hated it yesterday. This is my 4th summer in Japan but I realised that I’ve spent it in Sapporo— which is actually quite lovely in the summer.
I went in early June this year. It was hot but still bearable.
I live in Las Vegas and work outside. the summer gets really hot here too(minus the humidity thankfully) but those cooling towels really help. I'll refrigerate mine and wrap it loosely like a scarf around my neck. it does have to be refreshed every couple of hours but it is a lifesaver. mine is a spongey type material. I've tried the cloth ones and they don't work very well
Lol no offense whatsoever but this just sounds like Texas 😂
Thank you for your wonderful videos Allison; we watched so many of them to prep for our trip. We just got back from a week in Tokyo (the second week of July), and your tips and observations are perfect. We were drained almost every day from the heat and humidity, except for the day that was in the high 80s and felt good. Wish I'd had your tips before we went. The one thing you recommend but we didn't see much of was hydration. We each carried an embarrassingly large water bottle every day, but we didn't see many locals drinking constantly like we were. We'll definitely be back, but never again in summer if we can avoid it.
The one benefit; the heat and humidity killed our appetites. Pretty sure we all lost a bit of weight on the trip.
Airism is amazing, but places like Uniqlo only have sizes up to (I think) XL in storage, and Japanese sizes tend to be smaller, so you'll have to order them online. As a tourist that's obviously not the most convenient. Genuinely so helpful, though
Weirdly, coming from Central Europe, summer in Japan is obviously (?) a lot hotter and more humid, but it feels like the country is better at dealing with it. Back home barely anyone has A/C, and public transportation is miserable, but here (i.e. Osaka) it's mostly fine. I am spending a lot of time indoors because of busy uni time, though, or only go outside in the evening, not that it actually cools down that much at night (but at least the sunlight doesn't scorch my translucent skin)
Curious how useful shio ame is, because yeah, hydration alone is just not enough, but I have no context for how many you'd actually need to eat
can't overstate how bad it is from July on (yes I mean July 1st July). don't come if you can help it. i recommend bringing an umbrella (i didn't have the sun kind but even regular umbrellas work ok enough just for the shade). it's worth it. Yes i've seen a few japanese guys of all ages (teens to working adults to elderly) carrying umbrellas. just do what you need to do to feel comfortable
You swim in a river? What river? What about the local pool?
Video idea: typhoon season in Japan – how your prepare, how you survive
I’m in Japan now on vacation. Been getting up early to do tourist things and then back to the hotel. When I am out I look for shade and go into stores to steal their AC, also 2 showers a day. I’m a large white / pink person. Thank you for your videos watched many in preparation. Now I just have to get the Don Q song out of my head.
Just get on yamanote line around and around in AC train until sunsets then you go underground.😅
Summer in Japan turns me into couch potato cz you don't go outside (I don't even have a single couch tho) if u need to go outside, you really need to be prepared both physically and mentally
we last visited Tokyo in May 2019 when it was fairly hot, humid and rainy – but we had an air-conditioned car so anytime we felt hot we just got back in the air-conditioned car and it was sweet !
This time we're planning late August-September 2023 to northern Honshu – Tohoku – with a JR rail pass and have our fingers crossed that El Nino won't still be making life miserable there then …
Was just in Japan and can relate.
Everything was gross and the umbrellas were awesome- like walking in the shade.
But we couldn’t do half of what we wanted to do
来月日本にお盆で帰るから頑張るわ。😂
Well, it's like that in South East Asia like Singapore or Bangkok the whole year round 😂 Hot and Humid 365 days a year hehehe