At the end of May, beginning of June, a special season comes in Japan: Tsuyu (梅雨), the name for rainy season in Japanese!
The weather turns very humid and rainy during many days because two different air masses across Asia meet right above Japan.
The Chinese characters used are “plum” and “rain” (梅雨).
It’s simply because this is the season when plums are ready to be collected.
The rain might be annoying when walking outside, but this is a providential water to help to harvest delicious rice later and water many plants.
Flowers who like rain and humid weather like hortensia and iris are at their best condition, and many beautiful gardens all over Japan are celebrating them.
There are also many goods sold to solve the high humidity, like special detergent to avoid smelly laundry, super strong hair care products to fix girls’ hairstyle or fashionable rain boots!
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