My grandfather’s account of Muroto Typhoon of 1934
It was in the Showa-cho house in Osaka that my wife Kiyoko and I experienced the typhoon of Sept. 21. Luckily our area was on high ground and was not susceptible to flooding and it was just when I was soaking in the nearby public bath that the strong winds of the typhoon began to blow. This typhoon was called the Muroto Typhoon and was the worst ever experienced in recorded…