A change in the air

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2024.11.21

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Hello everyone,

As you can tell by the big change in temperature today, winter is coming. It became cold very quickly in the last two days. Last Sunday was really warm, it got up to 24 degrees, which is unusually high for November. Today the highest temperature will be half of that, only 12 degrees! Autumn in Japan sees a massive change in heat from the beginning of October, which is still hot, until the start of the cold winter in December. We haven’t put our kotatsu under the table yet, but I had a blanket on the couch for the first time last night. We also had the twice-annual custom of koromogae last weekend. I got all of my warm woolly sweaters out to prepare for the cold weather ahead. On particularly cold days, I sometimes wear two sweaters, but the dry winter air combined with the wool rubbing together causes me to receive huge static electric shocks off every metal object I touch. Maybe I need to wear fewer static clothes this year.

With Halloween over, people are thinking of putting up their Christmas decorations already. Is this acceptable in November? How early is too early for Christmas cheer? I saw a cafe recently that had a Christmas tree with Halloween decorations hanging on it. That’s truly the definition of killing two birds with one stone! Enjoy the festivities whenever they begin.

Alan

皆さん、こんにちは。

今日の急な気温の変化でわかるように、冬がやってきますね。ここ二日間でぐっと冷え込んできました。先週の日曜日はとても暖かく、24度まで上がりましたが、今日はその半分の12度しかありません。この季節の日本では、10月初めのまだ暑い頃から12月の寒い冬の始まりまで、気温の変化がとても激しいです。

私たちはまだコタツを出していませんが、昨夜は初めてソファーに毛布を置きました。また、先週末には衣替えをして、暖かいウールのセーターを全部出しました。寒い日にはセーターを二枚着ることもありますが、乾燥した冬の空気とウールの摩擦で、金属に触れるたびに大きな静電気ショックを受けることもあります。今年はもう少し静電気の少ない服を着る必要があるかもしれませんね。