Typhoon No. 18, dubbed "the largest this year," made landfall near Hamamatsu shortly after 8:00 a.m. on the 6th, crossed the Kanto region with heavy rain, and disrupted capital-area transport. Evacuation advisories were issued in many places—we extend our sympathies to all affected.
Palaceside Building stood ready for rain but passed the storm without major incident. By afternoon skies cleared from the west.
At lunch a colleague on the roof looked west and spotted Mount Fuji beyond Kitanomaru Park and Kudan ＝top photo, taken with iPad. We rarely see it this season; perhaps the typhoon swept the air clean. Japanese love Fuji—its majestic form is reassuring. The typhoon still headed for Tohoku and Hokkaido—we pray for minimal damage. Mount Fuji, please watch over us.
Another colleague commuting around 7:00 a.m. photographed Tokyo Metro Tozai Line Kasai Station
＝photo right. It was dim and slightly out of focus, but tracks were flooded and a train splashed into the platform—passengers huddled at the far edge, so the platform looks nearly empty, though it was in fact packed.
The Tozai Line suspended all service at 9:37 a.m., then ran turnbacks between Toyocho and Nakano; Toyocho–Nishi-Funabashi stayed closed until 12:37. Yet this photo was taken while service still ran—the platform half underwater and the train deeply submerged. Wind had not yet strengthened at that hour; stronger winds after 9:30 stopped operations. Commuters, thank you for your patience.