Rainy Times at Japan - 梅雨

Konnichiwa~~~~

Japan it's said have six seasons. Why? Because it's not only, spring, summer, autumn and winter but also typhoon and rainy season/ tsuyu.

If you go to Japan on early June till mid July, you must bring umbrella whenever you go. Yeah, it's because it's rainy season in Japan. "Tsuyu/ baiu", you will heard it in japanese. When rainy season, it's time for plum rippening so it's called baiu. The rainy season is caused by the collision of cold northerly and warm southerly air masses, which results in a relatively stable bad weather front over the Japanese archipelago for several weeks.

It's not everyday rain in Japan but the amount of rainfall, it varies from days with intensive downpours to other days with occasional sprinkles.

It's not suitable for travelling to Japan at rainy season because most of the tourism outdoor activities will be postponed or delayed or even disturbed by rain so it's better to changes your schedule for going to Japan.

But if you still insist want to go to Japan, there are some place in Japan that will be interesting when you visit during rainy season, such as:

• Hokkaido 北海道

Because it's northern island in Japan, Hokkaido gets barely affected by the rainy season. But dont ever visit Hokkaido at winter if you can't survive on extremely high cold temperature because at winter, the temperature in Hokkaido will be in minus celcius degree.

Furano bien- Lavender Field in July. Photo by visit Hokkaido

Furano Bien

• Hakone 箱根

Located near Tokyo, Hakone is a popular sight seeing spot in Japan. The chances of viewing Mount Fuji may be low at rainy season, but there seasonal flowers and foliage of Hakone that famous for lush vegetation and hydrangea flowers are twice as intensive in rain than in dry weather.

Hakone Hydrangea

Hakone Azalea at Odakyu

• Mount Koya

It's a mountain in Wakayama pfefecture to south of Osaka. Mt. Kōya is primarily known as the world headquarters of the Kōyasan Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism. Rainy weather and fog make for a most atmospheric visit to the wooded temple mountain of Koyasan and Okunoin, in particular.

Okunoin- Mount Koya

Mount Koya

• Hot Spring

And also the last is hot spring in the rainy days... It's not only relaxing our body and mind but also refreshing our day after working all day.... Yeay....

Well, it's not bad isn't it...
Just have a good time at rainy season, hehehehe...~~~~

Well how about it guys? I hope you can enjoy your time if you're in Japan now... Have a great rainy season and take your time~~~
See you again.. and Thanks for the read.......

Sources:
Wikipedia
Japan Guide