Dealing with Rainy Season

Japan, or at least this part of it, is much more humid and rainy than Wisconsin. But rainy season has started, and it's even more humid and rainy now. Since I do my laundry at the laundromat and hang my clothes out on my veranda to dry, this is a problem. Of course, I could just spend the money and dry my clothes at the laundromat as well.

But I decided to buy a rack to use indoors for when it's either raining, or I run out of hanging space on the veranda. I have both a rope and a pole, but if I want to air out a blanket or wash a sheet, I run out of room quickly. So, here is a picture of my clothes drying rack. For anyone new to the blog, I did not pick out the tarp blue curtains! If you look closely, you can see how narrow the veranda is.

Japan has a lot of handy gizmos for hanging out laundry. This is because most people don't have dryers, due to lack of space and high energy costs.

I also got a handy gadget that hangs from a doorway. You can either hang a pole between two of them, or hang something from one of them. The blue thing is for hanging several small items, like socks or underwear.

Yesterday was a rare sunny day, so I got a lot of laundry done. Today was cool and humid all day. As I walked home, I heard a few thunder-boomers. This grew into a loud thunderstorm, with lots of rain. I guess I timed my walk home just right!!

I thought it was just me, thinking that it was cloudy an awful lot here. But in my book about Japanese food, I read that milk is not fortified with vitamin D. The lack of it in the diet and lack of sunshine in some areas can cause a deficiency, especially in children. Lucky for me, my hubby sent me a giant bottle of multiple vitamins!