Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'sense I', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a br> Widower after this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake, and as the seasons pass - from Spring Cherry blossom to autumn mushrooms - tsukiko and sense I come to develop a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love. Perfectly constructed, funny, and moving, strange weather in Tokyo is a tale of modern Japan and old-fashioned romance.