On Friday, June 13, 2003, at 11:28 AM, Leif Mortenson wrote:
No it isn't SARS, and it isn't being considerate because he has a cold
or
anything like that. The Japanese love using cedar wood to build
everything,
so they have replaced most of their forests with rows and rows of
cedar trees.
The problem is that every spring. All of those trees kick out huge
quantities of
pollen, which unfortunately many Japanese are allergic to... Thus
every spring...
Out come the masks. Its amazing, you go up towards the mountains when
the pollen is at its peak and you can see clouds of reddish brown
pollen
blowing off the mountains.
crazy! i had no idea :)
-pete
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