prefectures in Japan

Record rain lashes Kanagawa, Shizuoka prefectures A seasonal front has dumped record rain over parts of Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures in Japan. Precipitation over the 48-hour period through shortly before noon on Saturday was 681.5 millimeters in Kanagawa’s Hakone Town and 494.5 millimeters in Shizuoka’s Gotemba City. Both are records for the municipalities, exceeding the…