These hats are made of straw, allowing air to flow through them as well as protecting the head from the strong sunlight.

	Sapporo (43゜N141゜E)	Tokyo (35゜N139゜E)	Osaka (34゜N135゜E)	Naha (26゜N137゜E)
June	16 61	21 71	23 73	26 79
July	20 68	25 77	27 81	28 83
Aug.	22 71	27 81	28 83	28 83

	London (51゜N0゜W)	New Delhi (28゜N77゜E)	Washington D.C. (38゜N77゜W)
June	14 58	33 92	24 75
July	16 62	31 88	26 79
Aug.	16 61	30 86	25 80

We hope you enjoyed discovering these Japanese ways to keep cool and enjoy the hot summer. Maybe you'll have a chance to try out some of the techniques yourself someday!

Bunkyo Women's College Yumiko Kojima, Yuka Ohnuma, Aki Sekiguchi, Mayumi Akimoto, Ayumi Arai Kanda University of International Studies Yuko Mizutani