Ginny-san Returns, Tokyo Rocks and Rolls, Dragon Ballz

For the third year in a row, Ginny-san has returned to Tokyo. As if acknowledging the magnitude of her presence, Tokyo shook us with an earthquake at 4:15am. According to the Japan Times, this quake was " centered 30 kilometers below sea level in the waters east of Chiba." It measured 5.3 on the "seismic intensity scale."

All is well. Apparently, there was only one minor injury reported from this quake. However, we did awaken to the feeling of the apartment "rolling" at 4:15. It was definitely the strongest earthquake I have experienced here in Tokyo.

In other meteorological news, this summer has seemingly been the hottest in a while in Japan. Last summer now appears quite mild in comparison. The daily temperature readings have averaged around 33-35 celsius. Today's forecast is for 36 celsius (approx. 97 Fahrenheit). Ginny will now engage in that daily Tokyo activity of "heat management" (i.e., take the subway and walk into air conditioned stores as often as possible).

Errata: The last photo for this posting is from my current favorite Japanese TV show, "Dragon Ballz." Just thought the readers back home would wanna know...