In September 2026, heavy rain from a typhoon caused flooding and inundation in parts of Chiba Prefecture. As posts reporting the damage spread on social media, they were met with a wave of mocking replies — “here we go again,” “choose where you live more carefully” — and in a thread on 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyo G” board, residents believed to be from Chiba vented strong frustration at this reaction. The thread also touched on how flood damage varies by area even within Chiba, as well as broader questions of disaster preparedness — from government flood-control investment to the need for individuals to carry insurance.
Why go out of your way to troll people?
It's not like you can just casually pick up and move — you're just some nobody who happens to live somewhere that doesn't flood.
Over here it just rained a bit harder than usual — no damage at all.
It's less about flood control and more that places like the Hokuso Plateau or the hills of the Boso Peninsula are just lucky because water flows downhill away from them.
Meanwhile, low-lying spots downhill like Togane and Omigawa end up underwater.
"Why do you even live somewhere like that?"
There's nothing to "learn" — what exactly are people supposed to do about it?
At the government level, invest in flood control.
At the individual level, invest in insurance.
Isn't "didn't you learn anything from last time?" about the cars driving into floodwater? I thought the same thing watching people drive straight through flooded roads.
People like that genuinely piss me off.
How does it feel to lose your car and your house to "just rain"?
I keep seeing claims online that Japanese people have the highest "mindo" (civic-mindedness/public manners) in the world.
I want people to understand — no joke — that garbage comments like these can drag someone down into total despair, to the point of thinking about doing something drastic.
This isn't something you can wave off as "just joking around."
If your car and house get wrecked by filthy floodwater, do you really have to cover all of it out of your own pocket?
Like I said —
the internet is a place where people relieve stress by tearing others down.
What even is this lol
Can't find it anywhere when I search it — is this the first time it's been used? I'm stealing it.
Most people probably just feel bad for them.
In places like Sakura, the old houses are all built up on high ground for exactly that reason.
Probably doesn't even live in Chiba lol
More like he's got nothing left to say 😅
Saitama barely gets any disasters though.
Yeah, it's basically guaranteed to flood every single time it rains now.
Spoken like a true country bumpkin.
Besides, Chiba and Saitama get along just fine.
Bet on Nagareyama, Kashiwa, Matsudo, or Noda instead.
The roads around there, though…
Chiba is the third-biggest in Kanto and a flagship tourist destination for the region — trolling it isn't going to make your life any easier.
And here comes the obligatory "MAD City" joke. (Matsudo's self-branding slogan)
Your friend just went through something awful — how is that funny to you?
That's messed up.
Fair point.
That's a pretty rotten personality.
Re: #88
He was fine during last week's flooding.
Yesterday looked bad too, so I asked if he was okay, and he came back all hyped up joking "Car's totaled!!" — so I figured I'd play along and laugh with him.
For the record, Matsudo had so much overflow that water was literally shooting out of the sewer manholes — apparently residents were told to limit toilet use.
"MAD City" (lol)
Whereabouts in Chiba?
Background and Key Points
In Japan, even when a disaster like heavy rain floods homes and cars, official compensation is limited to support tied to a disaster certificate, and most repair or replacement costs fall on individuals’ own fire or auto insurance. The question raised in the thread — “so victims have to cover the damage themselves?” — shows how little this system is widely understood. The posts also reveal considerable topographical variation in flood risk within Chiba itself: areas like the Hokuso Plateau and the hilly Boso Peninsula sit on high ground, while low-lying areas such as Togane and Omigawa are far more exposed, even within the same prefecture. Where opinion in the thread split was over how far online mockery can be excused as “just joking around” — posts making light of an acquaintance’s actual flood damage drew criticism within the thread itself, with some calling the behavior simply “mean-spirited.”
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “SNS idiots running their mouths off at Chiba residents.”
