Wednesday, 3 September 2008

Nowaki


"Nowaki" is the title of chapter 28 in the tales of Genji, written by Murasaki Shikibu. When Yugiri visited Rokujoin (Genji's house) after typhoon, she was so shocked with the beauty of Murasakinoue. "Nowaki" means typhoon.
Among 20 - 30 typhoons occur in a year, a few strike Japan every year. But no one hit Japan this year, while 12 typhoon were born. Typhoon is named with number in Japan, like typhoon No. 10. Hurricane is named with nick name, like Gustav in alphabetical order.
Monstrous cyclone in Myanmar, huge hurricanes in USA, so many thunder storms in Japan, etc. Our mother planet might scream for environmental pollution. Save the planet.

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