I’m not used to this much rain. Some days it rains the entire day. The hardest part about rainy season in Tokyo is that the apartment is more easily prone to mold. I see now why there are so many products that absorb moisture, like these beads inside a plastic container. They look like air fresheners, but are meant to absorb moisture. Aaand, since we hang the laundry out to dry, the clothes don’t dry well on rainy days. This is a common complaint among housewives and mothers. There are new air conditioners that claim to help dry clothes indoors without getting that stinky smell (They probably work). I could go to the laundromat to dry the clothes, but that is too tedious.
On the upside, I am getting used to traveling with the kids in rainy weather. I was so terrible with it the first year I had to take them to school during rainy season. I don’t even know why it was so cumbersome then, but somehow it really was. Perhaps also because at the time the kids were younger and not the independent travelers they are now.
I should gather a list of more rainy day activities. We usually put up the little tent, which Mindy and Jeff gave us. The kids love to bring their books and toys in there. They just discovered the Nick JR. website which has interactive games. Arisa is too young to navigate the sites, but Keiji is pretty good at it. Too bad the videos can’t be watched outside of the U.S. though.
Ahh…I’m looking forward to the end of rainy season…sometime around early August.