Tokyo has at long last emerged from a record string of 37 consecutive days of rain, bringing warm and sunny days to a population that endured a scorching summer followed by a deluge of gloom.
The run of rain was much more than a nuisance for commuters and a downer for cooped up kids.
The Kanto region experienced historically low levels of sunlight in September as the rain continued.
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