Summer

As the sun begins its daily climb earlier and earlier with each passing day, the familiar signs of summer have begun to show. Experienced Japan residents know what this means – Long, humid days interspersed with intense rainfall depending on how the typhoons play out for the season. Summer can feel particularly long compard to the other seasons as children enjoy their longest length of time off from school and the general working populace does not have a public holiday in June (which usually makes it the only month without one!). Most of Japan has extremely distinct seasons that demand you change your lifestyle a bit. This took your friendly Floridian author here quite some time to mentally adjust to – after all, shorts and sandals can take you comfortably through a surprisingly large portion of the Florida year. If this is your first summer in Japan, this article is for you. The Summer Heat The first thing to anticipate is the very character of Japanese summer – The major regions of Japan’s Honshu and Kyushu islands will all find summer to be rather humid and hot. Temperatures themselves can fluctuate between 25°C to 35°C (or 77°F to 95°F), which…