In June, it’s usually raining a lot, hot, and very humid every day in Japan. If you move a little bit, you will sweat immediately. I think it isn’t comfortable for us.

This period is has a special name which is called ‘tuyu’ in Japanese, it means the rainy season, and summer starts after that. This period is very important for us and plants to get water, though I don’t really like it. So we hardly ever suffer from drought except farmers and people who need much water. We can see hydrangeas at a lot of places in the season. Hydrangeas really match temples, I think it’s very beautiful. However, it’s also the period in which everything goes mouldy. We have to be careful especially for food not to have food poisoning.

This weather makes me happy or melancholy. The day which is very hot and humid, it makes me melancholy. I don’t want to go out on such a day because of sweating and feeling uncomfortable. But even though it’s raining, I like to go to a temple to see hydrangeas. I can relax and feel happy. In this respect I like this season.