Comments on: The Mystery Behind Tokyo’s Hazy, Yellow Skies

By: chuy

chuy — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:10:00 +0000

lmao

By: Jessica Tuyet Ngo

Jessica Tuyet Ngo — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:49:00 +0000

I thought this was normal every year? It’s not only Japan though, Korea is also affected too. Apparently, it’s not that harmful. It might affect your eyes, and you might see more people walking around with masks, but that’s about it.

By: Ken Seeroi

Ken Seeroi — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:20:00 +0000

Mystery? I dunno; here in Japan, I haven’t seen anybody hiding this. The reasons for it are reported almost daily on the news, and I wrote about them on my site as well. It’s a combination of dust (as you noted, 黄砂, or
“yellow sand”) from Mongolia, and particulates from factories in China (referred to here as PM 2.5). And it’s a huge problem. The kids, the dog, everything’s orange.

By: Amy Wheeler

Amy Wheeler — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:11:00 +0000

Something quite similar happened where I live in Australia a while ago (stretched from Sydney right down the south coast, not sure about north of Sydney though) but it was more… red. Since our deserts are mainly red and all. It lasted for a few days and people with asthma were strongly encouraged not to go outside.

By: Elohim Games

Elohim Games — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:03:00 +0000

Am I wierd if I say I miss the smell of Japan? :o I just thought of that just now, I’m going back there on the 15th of april.

By: Kerensa

Kerensa — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:05:00 +0000

I pretty much feel the same way. If there’s a crack in the mask, stuff is going to get in. Yes, it could be a matter of, “but at least it isn’t as much as if I didn’t wear this mask” but it isn’t going to help much. Time to invest in a gas mask, I guess.