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The climate from June to September is marked by hot, wet weather brought by tropical airflows from the Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia. [1] These air flows are full of moisture and deposit substantial amounts of rain when they reach land. [1] There is a marked rainy season, beginning in early June and continuing for about a month. [1]
In Japan, the rainy season is called tsuyu (梅雨), and lasts from early June to mid-July in most of the country (Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku), approximately June 7 to July 20 in the Kansai and Kantō regions in Honshū. [6] The tsuyu season is roughly a month earlier (early May through mid-June) in Okinawa (the
This is a list of kigo, which are words or phrases that are associated with a particular season in Japanese poetry.They provide an economy of expression that is especially valuable in the very short haiku, as well as the longer linked-verse forms renku and renga, to indicate the season referenced in the poem or stanza.
In Japan, Korea and nearby areas (for example, Vladivostok, Russia), seasonal lag is stronger in summer than winter; the coldest month is January, while the warmest month is August, possibly due to enhanced cloud cover and rain during June into July (for example, the "tsuyu" rainy season in Japan or the "jangma" season in Korea over the same ...
Like the cherry blossom season, the pollen season moves from south to north across Japan, and from lower to higher elevations as spring progresses. For western and eastern Japan (including Tokyo and the surrounding Kantō region) this means the hay fever season starts between end of January and mid-February. The cryptomeria pollen season peaks ...
Japan; United States; Weather forecasting; Weather modification; Glossaries. ... The midpoints of these seasons were March 24 or 25, June 25, September 25 or 26, and ...
Name Date Remarks Ref. New Year's Day (元日, Ganjitsu): January 1 This national holiday was established in 1948, as a day to celebrate the new year. New Year's Day marks the beginning of Japan's most important holiday season, the New Year season (正月, Shōgatsu), which generally refers to the first one, three or seven days of the year.
June 30, 1985 ― Typhoon Irma strikes Honshu, killing 19 people and inflicting US$545 million in damage. August 31, 1985 ― Typhoon Pat leaves 23 dead in Kyushu. August 3, 1986 ― The remnants of Tropical Storm Sarah kill 14 people. October 16, 1987 ― Typhoon Kelly would strike Japan, killing 9 and inflicting US$366 million in damages.