Originally Posted by
abmj-jr
Really? Right in the middle of the worst of the summer heat/humidity AND during the height of Obon? Sounds like a potential horror show, especially for travel in and around the country.
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At least he's not going to Kyoto in August. I have never suffered from the heat as much as when I spent two weeks in Kyoto in August for a "dry run" of a student trip, after spending the earlier part of the summer in China. When I went back to Tokyo for a day before flying home, it actually felt comparatively cool, because the air moved occasionally.