Asian Dust in Japan

Last week, Cindy managed to capture on film the effects Asian Dust, or "Kousa" (黄砂) as it is known here in Japan, had on her home town of Aizu-Wakamatsu as it passed overhead. Asian Dust is a seasonal meteorological phenomenon which affects much of East Asia. I heard what settled over Shanghai was more severe, but what we got here in Fukushima Prefecture was by no means subtle. Coming from the eastern United States, I find this sort of thing endlessly fascinating.

For photos go here : http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianadler/450649262/

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• Dust
• Japan
• Aizu
• Wakamatsu
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[KingStar1984]

Seeing this, I suddenly realise that you often see this kind of atmosphere on old Japanese woodblock prints like that of Yoshi Toshi.

I once went snowboarding in Germany where the sky suddenly turned orange, and later on the snow that was coming down actually had a red colour. People there said that red dust from the deserts in Africa elevated with the heat there, and came down with the snow in Europe.

[secretarytocapt3]

wow..I never knew there was such a phenomena. I love studying Aizu by the way---check out my vids. Thanks for this interesting footage.

[ltorres1982]

that's fascinating.. I had no idea that happened there O_O