These Tweets Show the Havoc Wreaked on Tokyo by Typhoon Faxai Yesterday

When Typhoon Faxai made landfall in the Kanto region in the late hours of Sunday into Monday morning, record-breaking winds and extremely heavy rain tore through Tokyo leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Aside from the damage to infrastructure, as well as injuries caused by flying debris, hundreds of thousands of commuters were caught up in rush-hour chaos.

Of course, the whole show was documented on Japan’s favorite social media platform, Twitter, where users shared their experience of the typhoon and its unnerving aftermath with the hashtag #台風15号 (Typhoon No. 15).

While some fared worse than others (losing your entire ceiling can’t be fun), you could count on tweeters to make the best of a bad situation with dad jokes, projection mapping, and some pretty meme-able photos.

Unagi’s Delivery Service

One Twitter user found an eel—who’d obviously been on quite the journey–in their garden the next morning. Obviously, that was clear evidence of their magical powers (Kiki is the main character in the 1989 Studio Ghibli film Kiki’s Delivery Service, 魔女（まじょ）の宅急便（たっきゅうびん） in Japanese).

私、魔女のキキ！こっちは台風15号通過後、うちの庭にいたうなぎ！！！

うなぎ……？？？おま…どこから……？？？？ pic.twitter.com/5oBqYAhLEC

— ☺︎ め め ☺︎ (@wtmemewt0807) September 9, 2019

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私（わたし）、魔女（まじょ）のキキ！こっちは台風（たいふう）15号（じゅうごごう）通過後（つうかご）、うちの庭（にわ）にいたうなぎ！！！

うなぎ……？？？おま…どこから……？？？？

= I’m Kiki the Witch! Here’s an eel in our garden after Typhoon Faxai has passed!!! … An eel?! Where are you from…???!

Raise the roof

This person lost their entire ceiling.

#台風15号 風おさまってきたから2階の天井見に行ったら完全に天井が飛んでた pic.twitter.com/r5fMpKPTAa

— 白黒猫 (@nyannko0401) September 8, 2019

#台風15号 風（かぜ）おさまってきたから2階（にかい）の天井（てんじょう）見（み）に行（い）ったら完全（かんぜん）に天井が飛（と）んでた

= After the wind died down, I went to check the ceiling on the second floor. It was completely gone.”

Wanna see my tub?

This person on Twitter found themselves with a new sink jacuzzi.

ねえぇもう嫌なんだけど#台風15号 pic.twitter.com/LZjPSrocHf

— 姉守 (@toyone0316) September 8, 2019

ねえぇもう嫌（いや）なんだけど #台風15号

= Blegh, I have had enough… 

An oyaji gag come to life

This person saw an opportunity to make a bad dad joke. The words 布団（ふとん）, “futon” (a.k.a. mattress) and 吹（ふ）っ飛（と）んで, “futtonde” (to be blown away) have a similar sound but a different meaning.

布団が……吹っ飛んでいる…！！！ pic.twitter.com/3KKCeW05Lz

— バビアニ先行本会場チケ下さい (@shime_oriflamme) September 9, 2019

布団が……吹っ飛んでいる…！！！

= The futon has been blown away!!!

Domino’s dominos

Well, somebody had to say it…

これがホントのドミノ倒し、か……
(破損等が無いことをお祈りします)

#台風15号 pic.twitter.com/n4MJzm8cIR

— チート部長 (@cheat_IE) September 9, 2019

これがホントのドミノ倒（たお）し、か……

(破損等（はそんとう）が無（な）いことをお祈（いの）りします)

= This is what you call a real domino effect…  (I pray that there’s no damage)

The Evil That Men Do

This Twitter user decided to use the extreme winds to his advantage. 

台風で隣のマンションの防護シート外れてうるさ過ぎるのでアイアンメイデン送り込んだらメチャテンション上がった！#台風15号 pic.twitter.com/GMgM6xzsJf

— Skywalking (@nobiwan_nobi) September 8, 2019

台風で隣（となり）のマンションの防護（ぼうご）シート外（はず）れてうるさ過（す）ぎるのでアイアンメイデン送（おく）り込（こ）んだらメチャテンション上（あ）がった！

#台風15号

= Blown loose by the typhoon, the protective sheet from the next building was too noisy, so I projected some Iron Maiden and things got really, really exciting! 

Seibu, you nutters

With the typhoon incoming, Tokyo’s train companies announced on Sunday that they would suspend services Monday morning.

Well, most of them did.

#台風15号
JR「全部止めよ」
京急「こりゃ無理だ」
京王「ひでぇな」
京成「千葉直撃(泣)」
小田急「明日の事はとても考えられる状況にない」
東急「やっば」
東武「6時くらいから走らせるか」

西武「行けぇぇぇぇ！！！」
他「!？」 pic.twitter.com/VKN8fwaXnb

— くらかみ@趣味垢 (@KurakamiK) September 8, 2019

#台風15号 

JR「全部（ぜんぶ）止（と）めよ」
京急（けいきゅう）「こりゃ無理（むり）だ」
京王（けいお）「ひでぇな」
京成（けいせい）「千葉（ちば）直撃（ちょくげき）(泣（なき）)」
小田急（おだきゅう）「明日（あした）の事（こと）はとても考（かんが）えられる状況（じょうきょう）にない」
東急（とうきゅう）「やっば」
東武（とうぶ）「6時（ろくじ）くらいから走（はし）らせるか」
西武（せいぶ）「行けぇぇぇぇ！！！」
他（ほか）「!？」

= JR: “Let’s stop all the lines”
Keikyu: “That’s impossible”
Keio: “Horrible”
Keisei: “Chiba’s going to be hit directly (cry)”
Odakyu: “Can’t imagine what it’s going to be like tomorrow”
Tokyu: “Crap”
Tobu: “I wonder if we can start running from 6 a.m.…”
Seibu “LET’S GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!”
The others: “?!”

Um, is this the line for platform 1?

All of the cancellations meant that going to work on Monday morning involved having to join a queue to get there. Tsunashima Station in Kanagawa Prefecture was one of the worst affected, with lines going outside of the station, around the block, and probably all the way back to the commuters’ own beds (where they should have stayed).

https://twitter.com/honotethu_5356/status/1170854304258723840?s=20

おいおいうそだろー
最寄（もよ）り駅（えき）までこの列（れつ）はえぐいて…
東横線綱島駅（とうよこせんつなしまえき）

= No waaaaaaaay! 
That’s the line for the nearest station…
Tsunashima station on the Toyoko Line

津田沼駅に入場するための行列がこちら pic.twitter.com/Z1bawekBKY

— ばらおsp (@sfida06barao) September 8, 2019

津田沼駅（つだぬまえき）に入場（にゅうじょう）するための行列（ぎょうれつ）がこちら

= This is the line to enter Tsudanuma Station

Ohayo goza—

Despite the canceled trains, this Twitter user below managed to get to work. But, unfortunately, had nowhere to sit when they got there.

無くなった会社眺めながらお外でお弁当なう pic.twitter.com/SmSoD4Cu2H

— 鵺 (@nekotaiga2) September 9, 2019

無（な）くなった会社（かいしゃ）眺（なが）めながらお外（がい）でお弁当（べんとう）なう

= Looking at my destroyed company while eating my lunch box. 

Typhoon Faxai has now decreased in intensity and moved away from Japan. For more information, check the Japan Meteorological Agency website.

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