I’m currently perched near the window in my hotel room in Numazu, leeching off an open wireless network somewhere in the neighborhood. Tropical Storm Banyan continued to weaken overnight, and now looks like a non-event in the making. Unfortunately, I suspect I’m the only person in the country aware of this fact.

I don’t know what our plans are today. The center of the storm (what’s left of it, at least) should make landfall early this afternoon a little west of my location. The strongest convection appears to exist in the storm’s outermost bands, which passed overnight. The weather near the center of the storm may prove least interesting, to be honest.

Anyway, it’s just about time to head out, so I’ll wrap things up. Hopefully, I’ll be back in Tokyo tonight; I don’t see much point in chasing this thing very far up the coast.