Living in Tokyo
Fighting Mosquitoes in Tokyo's Rainy Season
I have wrote articles on visiting gardens in Tokyo and a forest park just outside Tokyo in previous articles, but I am a bit worried about one thing for people visiting those places. This is what I am worried: Mosquitoes.
In Spring, the gardens and in the forest parks around Tokyo are really nice places to visit. However, in the the rainy season it can become quite hot and humid, perfect breeding conditions for those pests called Mosquitoes.
From the beginning of the first month of the long rainy season in June, Mosquitoes really begin to annoy us. You rarely find any mosquitoes in the urban areas in central Tokyo, but watch out when you go to the woody and bush areas.
Fortunately, there is various Mosquito repelling products sold at local drug stores and to help you keep mosquitoes to stay away. The product is called Ka-tori-ki.
Mosquito repelling products sold at local drug stores in Tokyo.
This is in-house electric device for Mosquito repelling. It works for 30 days, 60 days or 120 days once you set up the liquid-repellent settings. The one I use is for 60 days and I keep this on at night since mosquitoes come into house from my window garden.
Mobile type of mosquito-repelling devices are also sold at drug stores. They are so convenient when you go to brushy places in Tokyo. It is called Keitai-Yo Katori-ki. FYI, there is a Mobile phone called Keitai Denwa.
Yes, a mobile telephone (where ketai means mobile and Denwa means telephone). Recently, Japanese people just call their mobiles phones Keitai, in short.
Furthermore, there are mosquito-repellents that you spray on your body. It is called Mushi-yoke-spray. If your skin is not too sensitive, it will be easier to protect yourself using Ka-tori-ki or Keitai-Yo Katori-ki.
Note: you can find out more information about the importance of mobile phones here
Enjoy your summer vacation in Tokyo, Mosquito free!
