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    telecasterplayer

    I bathe.

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    some14some

    shower-bath (twice a day), cotton inner wear, light meals and plenty of lemon water ! Browsing JT is additional tool to keep myself fresh all the time !

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    smartacus

    I drink lots of "mugicha" and eat a lot of fruit and salads, avoiding heavy hot meals. I try to avoid being outside in the hottest part of the day. When I do have to walk outside, I have started wearing a hat again for the first time in years. I sometimes take a cold shower when I get home in the evening or late afternoon.

    By the way, my friends often say that I shouldn't avoid hot meals in summer and that curry is recommended. Any nutritionists out there know about this?

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    my2sense

    a plastic fan in my hand, bottle of water and a fresh cloth.... with the occasional "why the hell am I here? comment....

    Browsing JT is additional tool to keep myself fresh all the time !

    Same here too buddy.... I realize I am not such a dork after all in Japan. Maybe a cool guy...

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    lovejapan21

    smartacus, why dont you try eating a spicy curry and see what happens?

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    Zenny11

    For me mugi-cha, coolish bath, light meal/snacks(salads, Fruits, etc) during the day with a heavier/solid meal in the evening.

    For work I got a Fan attached to my desk.

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    Papigiulio

    shower two sometimes three times a day. Drink lots of water and have a fan on my desk turned on the whole day since the aircon in this building is not enough. Too humid for me still. Have to bring 3 to 4 tshirts to change during the day, bloody sweat.

    @Zenny11 and smartacus: Does this mugicha helps cooling down or just oishii?

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    VelvetRosetta

    I almost always have the fan on unless in my bedroom then I use the airconditioner..2 to 3 baths a day..plenty of cold water and some fruits like melon and grapes seem to help.

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    Zenny11

    Papigiulio.

    I found setting the aircon to "DRY" helps more than lowering the temp.

    Mugi-Cha does help. Another thing it is dirt-cheap, tasty and easy to make. Also being non-caffeine, non-sugar, non-calorie, etc helps.

    I buy enough bags to make 54litres for around 200yen, drop a bag into a liter bottle of water, put in fridge and wait one hour, Voila.

    HTH.

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    smartacus

    Papigiulio

    Mugicha is not my favorite tasting drink, but I find it be a better thirst quencher than any other drink.

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    VelvetRosetta

    Even better than gatorade? but the way is this Mugicha what Americans call..the crystal light mixtures?

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    Zenny11

    Mugicha is "Roasted Barley Tea", very common in Korea and Japan.

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    Seawolf

    What heat?...with greetings from Karuizawa, 67 min from Tokyo

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    VelvetRosetta

    Not sure we have that tea here, never heard of it before... Seawolf..In Japan its never hot?

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    IdiotKiller

    @Seawolf: LOL.

    Used to shower and bathe, but that's a serious waste of water and energy. Since turned to keeping a mister handy, 25%-75% isopropyl alcohol-water mixture.

    And mugicha...definitely mugicha.

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    Pukey2

    Used to shower and bathe, but that's a serious waste of water and energy

    I bet that's what most sarariman say too. I'm so glad my trains are not that crowded.

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    VelvetRosetta

    Yeah i was wondering about that comment..used to shower and bathe...holds nose...

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    genji17

    Taxi everywhere, multi desk fans at the office, air con on 20 in the apt. Them gatsby body cooler towelettes for instant cool sensation. Outside of those situations, like everyone else, I sweat...

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    caffeinebuzz

    I just suffer through until I'm acclimatised...Onsen and sauna it up a couple of times and everything after becomes a lot easier. Switching the aircon on for about half an hour before I sleep helps me snooze easier, and in the mornings I turn it on before I get in the shower, and then when I get out and end up freezing, I'm fired up and ready to go for the day.

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    crazygaijin

    people have you not yet heard of chilly Tees??? unbeleivable! invented 'em myself back in '96. kinda the poor man's aircon. grab an oversize T-shirt, soak it with water. slap it in the freezer for about 1 hr. slip it on ... ooh, la la, refreshing. now, next i'll tell ya about chilly boxers and chilly panties ...

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    Lunchbox

    Gave up on the frozen Tshirt method when I first discovered Sea Breeze, soak a Tshirt and that and your sweet!

    But seriously, wet nylon Tshirt, wring it out, chuck it on, and sit in front of the fan, can't go wrong. Can be embarassing when you forget it though and go to the supermarket not realising that your shorts are covered in wet spots.

    Eat lots of curry and hot food, stay away from anything cold and air conditioning, just makes you feel worse.

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    Greapper1

    At work... Just sit there sweaty and miserable like everyone else. No need to turn the air conditioner on in the office when it's 100% humidity & 30 degrees outside. *rolleyes

    Outside of work.. I have the air conditioner going constantly in the car / at home.

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    ratpack

    Go to Australia....its winter there.

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    Eyeblack

    I walk around naked.

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    bababooey

    Set the washlet to cooooold.

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    Takuma7

    air conditioning

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    kawachi

    I drink a combination of mugicha and either Oolong or Jasmine tea as both of those can now be found in instant bags just like mugicha. It isn't that I don't like mugicha but after I while I get bored with it and there is too much caffeine in straight Oolong or Jasmine tea.

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    maxpower

    Mind over matter

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    tigerguy

    Take frequent cold showers and go to the shopping malls.

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    proudnippon

    Drink tea and wave the handhold fan. A very cold and wet towel is a boon for the hottest day

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    Katsuro1000

    Biking...oh the fresh air hits the body and makes me feel good! I use lots of ICE with SALT because it lasts for couple hours. Well the SALT makes the water go into freezing temperature xD

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    lostrune2

    Just have gals fan you, simple.

    Katsuro1000,

    Salt lowers ice's melting temp, not necessarily melt slower.

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    blvtzpk

    I look through all the previous comments left in past years when the same question was asked here, each and every summer.

    The similarity in replies refreshing!!! The more things change, the more they stay the same!

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    Zenny11

    Agree with blvtzpk.

    And the mugi-cha answer seems to now as popular as ever. Just came back from the super and bought another pack of 54 bags(on sale now at 158Yen). :P

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    Papigiulio

    @Zenny and Spartacus: Thnx will try this stuff. ;)

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    kazan

    Mugicha, fans, air con when it's available, and the old cowboy trick of tying a cold wet bandana around your neck. The wet cloth cools your skin and the blood flowing in that area, and then as the water evaporates (really slowly in this weather, sadly) it keeps you cool too. If my fridge were bigger, I'd do what my dad does: put my pillow in it for an hour before sleeping.

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    herefornow

    Take a dip as often as I can in the pool at my apartment house, and crank the A/C down to like 20 degrees as soon as I get home, since the electric bill is built into my rent.

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    Beelzebub

    Go to my family estate on the Isle of Skye.

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    XXXXX

    I try not to sweat it

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    Sarge

    "cold water masks"

    Cold water masks?

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    realist

    What do I do? Get the heck out of Japan for 2 months!

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    Triple888

    Wear cool and fresh clothes, eat cool and fresh food.

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    Icewind007

    If I don't have AC for some reason, a mist spray bottle and a fan does wonders.

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    illsayit

    I change my whole schedule during summer-part of it involving early mornings. During the height of the heat in the day, I will sit around the pool eating reading and siesta style life. When its hot, I will do that in the pool. In the afternoon when things cool down, back to the housework.

    Now is that new? Did I hear a question on how much of the year that is? I will definitely be trying to continue to do this until at least, November. You know I couldnt think of anything at first cause yk, summer is like, heat up and sizzle.

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    ReformedBasher

    Joke Answer 1 I turn on the fan

    Joke Answer 2 (kind of) I go swimming. The increased body temperature generated by my appreciation of femminine swimwear fashion is compensated by the water's temperature.

    Real Answer I go hiking as normal and take more water than usual. Watch out for increased snakes and leaches

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    TSRnow

    Milk and Calpis(!) mixed together with ice works for me at home.

    At the workplace, the air-conditioner is set at a freezing temperature, so hot coffee is always refreshing...

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    GW

    shorts & Ts from end of May to Nov!

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    islandview

    To keep cool and fresh in the sultry and swelteringly hot Okinawa summer (which typically starts in April and ends in November) I go to my friends’ homes who live on-base. Those living onbase get FREE housing, with unlimited utilities, especially electricity and water (all onbase utilities are paid by the Tokyo National Gov’t, aka the Japanese taxpayers).
    They have the air-conditioning units cranked on full blast and set at 20C or lower in all rooms all day, all night, nonstop, so it is like being in the arctic! If it gets too cold we just open some doors or windows and let a little heat in to warm it up. Some people have those small outdoor pools and we just fill them daily with constantly running fresh cool water; it is like being in a cool mountain stream!

    When we go off-base it is usually to a beach for some in-the-sun-and-surf fun and then over to Starbucks for the free iced lattes, frappuccinos and other cold drinks they provide to Americans in Okinawa who are on SOFA status.
    We just show our military-issued ID card and you get a free cool drink! It is just one way Starbucks shows its appreciation for all the Americans who suffer so much in the Okinawa heat while performing their required duties in the ongoing Occupation of Japan.

    It helps all the military keep fresh on a daily basis, ready to protect America’s interests in the Far East, which is so very far away from home sweet home.

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    lillia

    :D!!! eat hmm...:x watermelon, run around nakie, jump into swimming pool, eat papico :0

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    Sarge

    No need to keep cool, this hot weather is great, just keep fresh! Get plenty of sleep and exercise!

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    Kevbodian

    I work outside in the heat in the same clothes I wear outside in the cold in winter. I sweat all day then when I come inside at the end of the day, the AC is on full blast and my wet with sweat clothes become wet with cold sweat until it becomes 5pm. At which time, I go home (if no zangyo) and strip off that garb and jack up the AC only to have my wife complain about it costing too much.

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    Mexicanish

    Turn on the aircon....

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