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Japan 5-day Weather Forecast

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Day	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Tokyo	Some sun with a shower or t-storm; humid 31℃/25℃	A shower or t-storm in the afternoon 30℃/25℃	Mostly cloudy with a shower or t-storm 31℃/26℃	Cloudy and humid with a t-storm in spots 31℃/24℃	Cloudy, some rain and a t-storm; humid 27℃/22℃
Osaka	A morning thunderstorm in the area 31℃/27℃	Overcast, a t-storm in spots in the p.m. 33℃/26℃	Humid with sunny intervals 33℃/25℃	Clearing, thunderstorms, mainly early 31℃/25℃	Cloudy with a bit of rain 30℃/24℃
Nagoya	Mostly cloudy with a shower or t-storm 32℃/26℃	A thunderstorm in spots in the afternoon 35℃/26℃	Sun through high clouds 34℃/26℃	Overcast, a shower and t-storm around 31℃/25℃	Cloudy with a bit of rain 31℃/23℃
Sapporo	Afternoon showers and t-storms; cooler 21℃/18℃	Cloudy with a shower in places 23℃/17℃	Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers 21℃/17℃	Cloudy with a touch of rain 21℃/18℃	Cloudy with showers 23℃/16℃
Sendai	Humid with rain and a thunderstorm 27℃/22℃	Mainly cloudy with showers 29℃/23℃	Some sun, then clouds with a t-storm 26℃/23℃	Showers, some heavy in the morning 26℃/22℃	Mostly cloudy, a shower in the afternoon 27℃/20℃
Niigata	Rain and a thunderstorm this morning 27℃/23℃	Humid; a morning shower, then downpours 28℃/23℃	Mostly cloudy, some rain and a t-storm 28℃/23℃	Showers, some heavy; watch for flooding 27℃/22℃	Cloudy with a couple of showers 25℃/22℃
Hiroshima	A.M. t-storms, then a t-storm in spots 28℃/25℃	Clouds and sun, humid; a p.m. t-storm 30℃/25℃	Humid; mostly cloudy, then high clouds 31℃/26℃	Couple of thunderstorms 30℃/24℃	Cloudy 29℃/22℃
Takamatsu	Clouds, a shower and thunderstorm around 29℃/25℃	A thunderstorm in spots in the afternoon 32℃/25℃	Mostly cloudy with a t-storm in the area 32℃/23℃	A shower and t-storm around in the a.m. 31℃/25℃	Some rain and a t-storm in the morning 30℃/23℃
Fukuoka	A.M. t-storms followed by brief showers 29℃/26℃	Some sun with a shower or thunderstorm 31℃/25℃	Cloudy with a t-storm in the afternoon 31℃/25℃	A couple of showers and a thunderstorm 31℃/24℃	Mostly cloudy 30℃/23℃
Kagoshima	Clouds, a t-storm in spots in the p.m. 32℃/26℃	Delightful with sun and some clouds 31℃/25℃	A stray morning t-storm; clouds and sun 31℃/25℃	Mostly cloudy and humid with a t-storm 32℃/25℃	Some sun with a shower or t-storm; humid 32℃/24℃
Okinawa	Rather cloudy with a brief shower or two 31℃/27℃	A shower in the morning; turning sunny 31℃/27℃	Clouds and sun with a shower 31℃/27℃	Variable clouds with afternoon showers 31℃/27℃	Cloudy with a shower 31℃/27℃

Weather forecast by prefecture

Hokkaido

Tohoku

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Tokai/Hokuriku/ Kinki（Kansai）

Chugoku/ Shikoku

Kyushu

Okinawa

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