On a recent winter day, a bus was traveling through an intersection in Tokyo with pedestrians at a speed of 30 kph.

In Tokyo, the number of lightning strikes was about 3.3 times higher than normal, Saitama Prefecture about 2.8 times higher than normal, and Ibaraki Prefecture about 1.8 times higher than normal.

It's part of a ramp up across key Asian routes over the southern summer period ... and don't know how to do. And the bus takes twice as long to get into Tokyo." Air NZ flies to Tokyo's Narita ...