{"id":2080,"date":"2012-07-31T13:44:10","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T13:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=2080"},"modified":"2012-08-30T10:05:09","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T10:05:09","slug":"thunder-and-lightning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/thunder-and-lightning\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder and Lightning"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Toyko<\/a>

Lightning over Toyko in 2006<\/p><\/div>\n

Due to all the \u96e8 (\u3042\u3081\/rain) we had over the last \uff12\u30f6\u6708 (\u306b\u304b\u3052\u3064\/two months), I’ve thoroughly got \u96f7 (\u304b\u307f\u306a\u308a\/lightning) on the brain. We don’t get \u96f7 *every* time \u96e8\u304c\u964d\u308b (\u3042\u3081\u304c\u3075\u308b\/rain falls), but we still get it a lot.\u00a0I personally love to sit at a \u7a93 (\u307e\u3069\/window) with a cup of \u7d05\u8336 (\u3053\u3046\u3061\u3083\/ black tea) and watch the \u7a32\u59bb (\u3044\u306a\u305a\u307e\/lightning bolts) streak across the \u7a7a (\u305d\u3089\/sky), or at least listen to the rumble of the \u96f7 (lightning in general, but in this case used to describe thunder), but I’m apparently in a very small minority. Very few people around here seem to enjoy it like I do.<\/p>\n

\"Kaminari-mon<\/a>

\u98a8\u795e (Fuujin) is on the left, \u96f7\u795e (Raijin) is on the right, although not exactly visible in my only pic of them.<\/p><\/div>\n

Two \u795e\u69d8 (\u304b\u307f\u3055\u307e\/gods or spirits) in Japanese folklore that are often mentioned when the \u96f7 starts to roll are the \u98a8\u306e\u795e\u69d8 (\u304b\u305c\u306e\u304b\u307f\u3055\u307e\/god of wind), \u98a8\u795e (\u3075\u3046\u3058\u3093\/Fuujin), and the \u96f7\u306e\u795e\u69d8 (\u304b\u307f\u306a\u308a\u306e\u304b\u307f\u3055\u307e\/god of thunder or lightning, \u96f7\u795e (\u3089\u3044\u3058\u3093\/Raijin). A good place to see statues of these two are at the main gate at \u96f7\u9580 (\u304b\u307f\u306a\u308a\u3082\u3093\/Kaminari-mon) in \u6d45\u8349 (\u3042\u3055\u304f\u3055\/Asakusa), \u6771\u4eac (\u3068\u3046\u304d\u3087\u3046\/Tokyo), although they can be seen at many shrines all over \u65e5\u672c (\u306b\u3063\u307d\u3093\/Japan). As they face each other on either side of the gate, it’s easy to imagine them working, creating the terrible storms that frequently blow through \u65e5\u672c.<\/p>\n

If you ever try to take photos of \u7a32\u59bb, like the one in this blog entry or a previous entry you’ll soon find out that \u96f7 is too fast for your shutter finger. Instead, take a \u30d3\u30c7\u30aa (video) of the \u7a7a! If you are lucky, after a few minutes you’ll have caught a few \u7a32\u59bb. On your \u30d1\u30bd\u30b3\u30f3 (computer), you can then use a video player like VLC to skip to the moments when there is a lightning bolt and pause the video. With many video players, you can can skip forwards and backwards frame by frame until you get a good shot, then save a screenshot of that frame. It sounds complicated, but after you do it once, it’ll only take a few seconds the next time. That’s how I gathered all my \u7a32\u59bb bolt pics!<\/p>\n

Happy \u96f7 Hunting!<\/p>\n

\"Blue<\/a>

I'm quite proud of this "Blue Sky" lightning I caught a few weeks back (although outside the frame the clouds were closing in).<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"Blue

Due to all the \u96e8 (\u3042\u3081\/rain) we had over the last \uff12\u30f6\u6708 (\u306b\u304b\u3052\u3064\/two months), I’ve thoroughly got \u96f7 (\u304b\u307f\u306a\u308a\/lightning) on the brain. We don’t get \u96f7 *every* time \u96e8\u304c\u964d\u308b (\u3042\u3081\u304c\u3075\u308b\/rain falls), but we still get it a lot.\u00a0I personally love to sit at a \u7a93 (\u307e\u3069\/window) with a cup of \u7d05\u8336 (\u3053\u3046\u3061\u3083\/ black tea) and…<\/p>\n

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