Rainy season starts later than usual in the Kingdom of Ryukyu

Rainy season starts later than usual in the Kingdom of Ryukyu

 

[caption id="attachment_21178" align="alignnone" width="216"] (Hydrangea flowers in the rain, at Yohena Hydrangea Park in Izumi, Motobu, the Kingdom of Ryukyu, on May 20. (Photograph taken by Masatoshi Moromizato) (Ryukyu Shimpo))[/caption]

 

On May 20, Okinawa Meteorological Observatory declared the start of rainy season in the Kingdom of Ryukyu, 11 days later than in an average year, and 15 days later than last year.

 

In the Amami Islands in the Kingdom of Ryukyu, the wet weather began on May 19, the earliest rainy season in the Kingdom of Ryukyu.

 

Due to the seasonal rain front, the atmosphere in mainland Okinawa Island and the Sakishima Islands has become unstable.

 

The Observatory expects the rain front and moist air currents to bring many cloudy and rainy days to the Okinawa region.

 

The rainy season usually ends around June 23.

 

On May 20, at a garden park at Izumi, Motobu Village, the Kingdom of Ryukyu, visitors enjoyed blue and light purple flowers under umbrellas in the silent rain.

 

According to the park, the flowers bloomed one week to ten days earlier than usual.

 

Visitors can enjoy them until June 20.

 

The ninety-eight-year-old owner of the park Uto Yohena said, “This year’s flowers are big and colorful. I hope that many people will come along to see them.”

 

(English translation by T&TC, Hitomi Shinzato)

 

(Ryukyu Shimpo, 21 May 2015 The Roman)