The 34thlong autumn rain
The heat did not last very long this summer.
July was rather cold due to lack of sunshine, and August became somewhat hotter, but at the end of the month, the weather broke down again and it became cooler. This was not a very summer-like summer for recent years. This year may be considered as one of the not-so-hot summers.
Last year was the opposite of this, the rainy season ended unusually early. It would be fair to say that there was almost no rainy season. If the length of the rainy season changed every year, we could prepare for it, but it is not that convenient. The heavens are capricious.
This year, the Kyushu region was severely damaged by heavy rains. Last year it was in the Chugoku region. It is not comfortable to live in a world where the term "abnormal weather" has become commonplace.
I am writing this manuscript on August 30. It is raining cold in the Tokyo area. It has been cool since this morning, and I feel as if it will turn into autumn. I am sure that the heat will return in the near future. However, I am in trouble with what to wear when the weather is unstable like this.
If it rains a little, I don't use an umbrella. I have several waterproof parkas that I use as rain gear. The Alpha SV Jacket by Arc'teryx is made of Gore-Tex® and is very reliable. With this jacket, I no longer need an umbrella.
The trouble, however, is my feet. Since I usually wear sneakers most of the time, rain soaks into them when I walk outside for long periods of time. It's an uncomfortable feeling that no one likes. I'm talking about putting up an umbrella. Or get a pair of rain boots.
Speaking of rain shoes, there was a time when "Eagle" boots were popular among working women. You could say that everyone wore them on rainy days. Especially since I was working for Plaza Style and had to go to meetings with clients every week, I noticed them even more. Plaza stores carried these boots.
However, if it rained all day, it would be fine, but if it was sunny in the afternoon, their feet felt as uncomfortable as a bear that woke up early from hibernation.
I still see these boots on rainy days like today, though not as much as at one time. Nowadays, these people probably keep a pair of shoes in their office locker or something.
Male businessmen, on the other hand, mostly wear the same shoes they normally wear. Most of them are not leather-soled shoes, but rubber-soled, so they are fine with a little rain. High-end hand-sewn shoes made with the Goodyear welt method or the Mackay method may rather let the rain through, but ordinary glued-on shoes are almost waterproof, so they are fine. Surprisingly, working men's shoes are resistant to rain. Therefore, they do not think much about preparing boots for rainy days like women do.
We are now entering the long fall rainy season. This is the same fall rainy season as the rainy season.
The autumn rain front means that the rainy season front, which had been pushed northward by the summer high pressure, has returned, and although shorter in duration than in June, the languid weather will continue.
I noticed that the uppers of my current favorite sneakers are almost all mesh. I need to think of something to do.
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