Thursday, July 22, 2010

七月二十二日(shichigatsu nijyuni nichi) : July 22

It has been getting hotter and hotter. Today the highest temperature exceeded 39.4 degrees centigrade in Tajimi, Gifu (岐阜県多治見市:gifu ken tajimi shi) which is the hottest this year in Japan. 144 places among 921 points it went up to higher than 35 degrees centigrade. That is mousho bi (猛暑日) again.
Many people were carried to the hospital by ambulance because of necchusho (熱中症), heat injury. Some of them even passed away.
If the average temperature goes up 1 degree in Tokyo and Osaka, they say the personal consumption nationwide will increase up to yen 433,300,000,000. The beer gardens are becoming popular and popular.

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