Furin (wind chimes)

Summer in Japan, we often see furin.

Furin is called "wind chimes" in English, and it tinkles with cool sounds while winds are blowing.

When we hear the sound of hurin, our brains are misled into thinking that it's cool, and our body surface temperature drops about 2 degrees.

However, this law seems to be applicable only to Japanese people, and not applicable to overseas people.

I think it's really interesting that such a sound can decrease our body temperature.

風鈴

日本の夏は、風鈴をよく見かけます。

風鈴とは、小さい鐘のようなもので、風がふくと涼しげな音が鳴ります。

風鈴の音を聞くと脳が涼しいと錯覚し、体表面温度が2度程度下がるそうです。

しかしこれは日本人にのみ適用される法則で、外国人には当てはまらないようです。

音を聞くだけで体温が下がるのは、大変興味深いです。