Bradcat's Japanese Culture Focus... Lightning Strikes!

The weather across Japan as of late has been very humid from what I've been told. In some areas it's been reaching over 40 degrees. Here is a screen shot one person I know (who lives and teaches in Japan) took from her phone's weather app:

As it shows, Tokyo was to be hit with thunder and lightning at the beginning of the week. This occurs when there is a temperature drop between the Earth's surface and the air, often causing impressive forks of lightning in the sky. 

Yesterday in Tokyo, a bolt of lightning struck Tokyo's Odakyu Electric Railway, which can be seen in the amazing footage below (at approximately 1:10). Amazingly no one was injured, though the famously punctual Japanese train service experienced delays.

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