It is hot and humid today. It seemed to have rained heavily in the afternoon and night in some parts of Tokyo, though I did not notice until I heard the night news.
When it is hot and there is no air conditioning, we use an electric fan called senpuki (扇風機). Outside we use a fan called sensu (扇子) or uchiwa (団扇). The big difference is that sensu is a folding fan and it is convenient to carry. You can buy them from yen 100 at Yen 100 Shops, but usually they cost from yen 1,000 to yen 5,000 or so.
Uchiwa is fit to the summer casual kimono called yukata (浴衣). Many people often wear yukata when they go to see the fireworks festival. Japanese fireworks festival usually lasts for one hour and a half or so. They are so beautiful.
I hope you have a chance to see them someday.
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