{"id":1603,"date":"2022-05-20T15:45:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T06:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myendof.life\/?p=1378"},"modified":"2022-05-20T15:45:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T06:45:54","slug":"spring-is-here-but-still-unstable-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mychigasaki.com\/?p=1603","title":{"rendered":"Spring is here but still unstable weather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;April showers bring May flowers&#8221; <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">but not in Japan&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1380\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mychigasaki.com\/?attachment_id=1380\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mychigasaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/img_20210124_112520-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"img_20210124_112520\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mychigasaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/img_20210124_112520-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/myendoflife.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/05\/pexels-photo-166360.jpeg?resize=332%2C228\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1380\" width=\"332\" height=\"228\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Chris Kane on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/reflection-of-building-on-body-of-water-at-daytime-166360\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pexels.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/myendoflife.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/05\/20220520-podcast-myendoflife.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the &#8220;Golden Week&#8221; holidays which is a long holiday for the Japanese from end of April, the weather has been very unstable and actually very chilly.  I haven&#8217;t been able to wear short sleeved shirts yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I found a bookstore run by an Englishman named Nick in Azumabashi, near Komagata (Taito) adjacent to Tokyo Skytree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are 15,000 books!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1385\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mychigasaki.com\/?attachment_id=1385\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mychigasaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/img_20210127_132422-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"img_20210127_132422\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mychigasaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/img_20210127_132422-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" 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