{"id":3439,"date":"2019-03-20T07:32:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T22:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/pollen_allergies_in_japan\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:34:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T02:34:52","slug":"pollen_allergies_in_japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/pollen_allergies_in_japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pollen Allergies in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32175\" src=\"http:\/\/japaninfoswap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1024px-Japanese_cedar_cones_-_Cryptomeria_japonica.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"474\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The proportion of people who have problems with allergies in Japan is startlingly high. \u00a0People who suffer from allergies will suffer severe reactions from the pollen such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nasal congestion<\/li>\n<li>Sneezing<\/li>\n<li>Cough<\/li>\n<li>Watery eyes<\/li>\n<li>Runny nose<\/li>\n<li>Scratchy throat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The most common culprit for producing allergy symptoms in Japan is the Japanese cedar, or Sugi Tree.\u00a0It is said that 1 in 3 people in Japan suffer allergy symptoms as a direct result of Japanese cedar tree\u2019s pollen.\u00a0It is also common for people to arrive in Japan with no allergies, but develop them over time as a result of the extreme onslaught of pollen from Japan\u2019s usual suspects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Japanese cedar \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em>(Sugi)<\/em> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (From February to April)<\/li>\n<li>Japanese cypress \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em>(Hinoki)<\/em> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (From mid-March to early May)<\/li>\n<li>Rice plant \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em>(Ine) <\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (From May to mid-July, and mid-August to mid-October)<\/li>\n<li>Ragweed \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em>(Butakusa)<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (From mid-August to October)<\/li>\n<li>Artemisia \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em>(Yomogi)<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (From mid-August to October)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The best advice for dealing with <strong>pollen<\/strong> is to avoid exposure to the pollen as much as possible.\u00a0 You will see Japanese people, especially ladies, bundled up from head to toe; including face mask and goggles to avoid any contact with the dreaded little grains of pollen.\u00a0 It looks a little strange, but it is a testament to the <strong>allergy or allergies<\/strong> they are suffering that they go to such extremes, and it is actually recommended by doctors.<\/p>\n<p>If you find that you have a particularly bad reaction to the pollen in Japan, we recommend you try the following remedies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wear a Mask and Goggles<\/li>\n<li>Take <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&amp;url=search-alias%3Dhpc&amp;field-keywords=%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%BC%E9%8C%A0&amp;rh=n%3A160384011%2Ck%3A%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%BC%E9%8C%A0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Allergy Medicine<\/a>\u00a0(Amazon link)<\/li>\n<li>Green Tea<\/li>\n<li>Sinus Cleansing<\/li>\n<li>Use an Air Cleaner\/change filters regularly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, please find take a look at the following links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Allergies in Japan &#8211; how to deal &#8211; Surviving in Japan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.survivingnjapan.com\/2010\/07\/allergies-in-japan-how-to-deal.html\">http:\/\/www.survivingnjapan.com\/2010\/07\/allergies-in-japan-how-to-deal.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Staying Healthy in Japan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tokyo-icc.jp\/guide_eng\/preinfo\/02.html\">http:\/\/www.tokyo-icc.jp\/guide_eng\/preinfo\/02.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Tokyo Weather and Pollen Levels <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/en\/jp\/tokyo\/226396\/allergies-weather\/226396\">http:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/en\/jp\/tokyo\/226396\/allergies-weather\/226396<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Image by MrPanyGoff (Own work) [<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>], <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3AJapanese_cedar_cones_-_Cryptomeria_japonica.jpg\">via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The proportion of people who have problems with allergies in Japan is startlingly high. \u00a0People who suffer from allergies will suffer severe reactions from the pollen such as: Nasal congestion Sneezing Cough Watery eyes Runny nose Scratchy throat The most common culprit for producing allergy symptoms in Japan is the Japanese cedar, or Sugi Tree.\u00a0It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,63],"tags":[110,88,62,155,77],"class_list":["post-3439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-and-beauty","category-outdoors","tag-allergies","tag-april","tag-login","tag-march","tag-may"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50571,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3439\/revisions\/50571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}