The 7th is Ritsutou, the day when winter begins in the calendar.
In Hyogo prefecture, the sun spread throughout the day, making it warm and sunny.
On the 7th, the prefecture was covered by a high-pressure system and, apart from a temporary rain in the south, the blue sky spread.
The maximum temperature was ▽ 20.7 degrees in Himeji city, ▽ 20.5 degrees in Minamiawaji city, ▽ 20.3 degrees in Sanda city, ▽ 19.8 degrees in Kobe city.
Of these, around Sannomiya, in the city center of Kobe, employees and shoppers were seen walking without coats and with their arms rolled up.
A woman in her forties who traveled from Fukuoka said: “I was wearing a coat because the wind was cold in the morning, but I didn’t need a coat during the day and it was comfortable.”
According to the Kobe Local Meteorological Observatory, hot days are expected to continue this week and, especially in the second half of the week, the maximum temperature is expected to exceed 20 degrees Celsius.
