It's Thursday July 28, 2011 at 8:37 in the morning. A slight rain has hit the Kanto area. Here is a map from Yahoo Japan:
I wanted to use this rainy day chance to measure the background radiation levels here in Tokyo. As you can see from the video, I measured the air and near a drainage spot in the road.
The levels were well within safe ranges between 0.11 ~ 0.12 microsiverts per hour. The levels are usually between 0.09 ~ 0.12.
For more up to the minute readings on the air and water with comparisons and simple, easy to understand instructions on how to read and understand them, see
here. If that link doesn't work, use this: http://bit.ly/eESfcx
