“ when I tell people that I live on the west coast of the U.S., they always think of California, and they think it’s warm and sunny here. But that’s further south. It isn’t like that in Seattle. In fact, the weather in Osaka is better. The winters in Osaka are about the same as here, but the summers there are hotter and drier. Here in Seattle, It’s usually gray and cloudy, and it rains a lot.