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There's a typhoon approaching the Tokyo Metropolitan area.  

 

Typhoon Impacting Japan’s Obon Holiday Travel (August 2023)

During the typhoon season, you have to keep an eye on the weather as storms can sneak up on your plans — like this weekend! During the Obon holiday period, typhoon no.7 is bringing rain and winds in a direct strike on the Honshu mainland.

Super Typhoon in Japan | the quiet before the storm

 (Typhoon No. 14) is making landfall in western Japan but it's so big, the impact is felt in Tokyo - and we get caught in a burst of heavy rain and wind!

Strong typhoon churns toward Japan

A powerful typhoon was churning toward Japan on Wednesday, prompting the nation's weather agency to warn of heavy rain and violent winds and airlines to cancel dozens of flights.

Typhoon Shanshan was expected to make landfall about 100 kilometers northeast of Tokyo by early Thursday, sparking fears that the busy morning commute in the capital could be disrupted.

The storm is packing maximum gusts of 180 kilometers per hour (112 mph) and was around 500 kilometers (310 miles) southeast of Tokyo early Wednesday.

Extremely Powerful Typhoon To Hit Japan

Japanese forecasters are calling it a "once in decades storm." And at Kadena Air Base, a US military installation on the island of Okinawa, one commander dubbed the storm "the most powerful typhoon forecast to hit the island in 15 years."

Super Typhoon Neoguri, currently sporting maximum sustained winds of nearly 150 miles per hour and just shy of Category 5 strength, is heading straight at Japan's islands, and its outer bands are currently battering the island of Okinawa. Here's the forecast map from the Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center. As you can see, the forecast for tomorrow brings the storm up to maximum sustained winds of 140 knots (161 miles per hour), or Category 5 strength.

The Western Pacific basin, home to typhoons (which are elsewhere called tropical cyclones or hurricanes), is known for having the strongest storms on Earth, such as last year's devastating Super Typhoon Haiyan. July is, generally, when the Western Pacific typhoon season really starts getting into gear, but August, September, and October are usually busier months.

Neoguri will weaken by the time it strikes Japan's main islands, but as meteorologist Jeff Masters observes, "the typhoon is so large and powerful that it will likely make landfall with at least Category 2 strength, causing major damage in Japan."

Parts of Okinawa have already entered the storm zone.  NHK earlier today showed live pictures from Miyakojima which is where the storm will first make landfall.   If the storm moves to the east it could make landfall on Honshu.