Weather forecasts says that Tsuyu, the rainy season in Japan will come on 8/June.
Generally speaking, raining is not nice for sightseeing.
But some flowers, especially hydrangeas and irises flourish in Tsuyu.
Traditionaly, these flowers are considered more tasteful and elegant in rain.
Many haiku poets made impressive haikus about them.
Actually, hydrangea and iris are so loved by poets
that they becomes season words in a haiku.
That means if haiku contains these flowers,
the background season of the haiku is automatically considered as in (early) summer.
In Tokyo, there are many gardens famous for hydrangeas and irises.
Above photographs are from snapshots of gardens in Tokyo.
Visiting them in rain makes you good haiku poets, maybe.
