Tsuyu or the month long summer rainy season begun earlier in the week according to weather officals.Hydrangeas and irises in particular seem to thrive at this time of year and make the most of the abundant moisture available.The two photos above were... ...full story at Porcelain Monkey
from Porcelain Monkey on Fri, Jun 06 2008
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| 13 Sep 07 |
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Shibuya Crossing on Rainy Day »
YouTube video Taken from Starbuck, ala Lost in Translation, of the Shibuya crossing on one fine rainy day this summer.
Was in Japan during the tsuyu, or rainy season, but voila! You get umbrellas in tandem :) |
| 12 Sep 07 |
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Ain't No Sunshine » Kimono Karen It seems like my entire past year and two months spent in Japan have all been part of one, long rainy season. There seems to be much confusion about just when the official rainy season begins and ends. Some books will say that the rainy season in... |
| 03 Jun 08 |
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Rainy season reaches Kinki, Kanto » Japan Times The rainy season commenced in a wide area stretching from the western Kinki to central Tokai and eastern Kanto-Koshinetsu regions four to six days earlier than usual, the Meteorological Agency said Monday. Compared with last year, the rainy season... |
| 15 Jul 07 |
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Blown away » Adventures of a Salaryman It's that time of season in Japan again... The rainy horrible season with extremely high humidity and lots of rain. However, when the rainy season is over, it will be replaced by the nice summer which is characterized by equally high humidity and even... |
| 11 Jun 07 |
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Rainy season arriving late, may end earlier than usual » Japan Times The beginning of the rainy season is expected to arrive more than a week late in most of Japan because the seasonal rain front is stuck in the south, the Meteorological Agency said Monday. Read more . . . |
| 30 Jun 08 |
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Rainy Season Blues » Porcelain Monkey It finally felt the rainy season had arrived last week.There were continual heavy showers between bouts of high humidity.The remains of Typhoon Six,now downgraded to a tropical depression,pelted down adding to the seasonal rainfall for the month.One... |
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