My fun-filled first week in Miyakonojo ended with a typhoon. Yes, a typhoon, otherwise known as a violent tropical storm. Now, Luke told me I was coming at the end of the rainy season, but I didn’t realize that a tempest of biblical proportions was in the works.
Although I have to say, now that it’s all said and done, that I’ve been in harder rainstorms on summer afternoons in Boulder, and experienced winds of much greater speed and strength on Eagle’s Nest Ridge in Vail, so I wasn’t totally overwhelmed by this storm (though I hear it wreaked havoc on the Okinawa island chain).
But it was a good day to stay inside, so we rented tons of movies, bought a bunch of food (the supermarket here is a whole other story☺), and holed up for the weekend.
The typhoon hit early Saturday morning and lasted all day, with signs of clearing by late evening. At one point, we decided to venture out – definitely check out the photos. It was pretty crazy!
In spite of itself, Typhoon Man-Yi brought the sunshine - thank goodness! Sunday morning was bright and beautiful for the first time since I arrived. This place looks totally different in the light and I finally got a look at the local volcano, Kirishima. This was definitely a day for the beach . . .
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