Tsuyu

Tsuyu is the rainy season of Japan. It usually happens from the middle of June to the middle of July or there abouts. It is when Japan is just expected to get a solid month of rain, which will be good for all the agricultural products and whatnot.

An interesting thing about the Japanese government, is that they feel the need to announce everything. So they are always the one telling the public when it is summer, when it is autumn, winter, spring, and when it is the rainy season. Kind of silly if you ask me. They go on TV and all officially announce it and whatnot, every one then knows it, it is on the news sites and newspapers which vary between regions ( Okinawa's tsuyu started nearly a month ago). Supposedly it is to help out the farmers to determine how best to manage their crops at the given time. But recently, the Japanese government made a mistake. They said tsuyu began at the beginning of June this year. The reason for this is because there were 3 straight days of those dark fluffy ever-looming grey clouds and an endless soul-sucking slightly heavier than light drizzle. It looked like for sure tsuyu had come. Funnily enough, it hasn't rained a day since then. There was even talk of renouncing their decision. But like a child who won't eat his peas, they have been obstinate about their course of action. Two weeks later they look like a fool and still haven't renounced it because surely it must be coming soon right? Right?