While the fierce heat in Tokyo and the rest of mainland Japan continues, the rainy season has officially ended according to the Japanese Meteorological Agency.
Have you ever had a chance to spot cute small white ghost-like dolls hanging from the eaves or on the windows of homes around your neighborhood in Japan?
Although the rainy season in Japan is one of the least desirable seasons of the year, don’t expect to be sitting indoors playing videogames and dodging the rain
The rainy season in Japan is cheerily referred to as “tsuyu,” or plum rain, as it coincides with the seasonal ripening of this luscious fruit. Constant gray skies and gloomy showers can only mean one...
In most parts of mainland Japan, the rainy season begins in early June and continues through to the end of July. This time of year is always humid, hot and stuffy even when it is not raining.
The good news is the Japanese Meteorological Agency on Saturday declared rainy season over in the Kanto and Tokai regions, 11 days later than yearly average, according to the agency.
