A bit about rainy season for those who are interested in meteorology: the jet stream scoots around the Himalayas and picks up varying amounts of moisture - which, in this season as the snows melt, tends to be a lot. It then rushes east in a narrow band, and its course is pushed north/south by arctic pressure. In other words, during rainy season, it’s always raining somewhere, and probably heavily - but you may have a sunny day.
Today’s JMA photo looks very alarming, but the front is flowing greatly to the east - so, too bad, Kagoshima! (Kagoshima always gets pounded - perhaps someday I’ll write about how their architecture has evolved to deal with this) Don’t worry, though - it will hit us soon enough. - William