Guide to Japan`s Summer
Visiting Japan in summer, might not seem ideal to everyone. Japan summer known as notoriously hot, rainy(during June-July there rainy season), and humidity.
But summer in Japan has unique events and experiences that you’ll miss at other times of the year. So, if you are traveling to Japan During Summer, you still can enjoy !
You can find street festivals, seasonal food, and fireworks displays almost everywhere you go! Summertime is also the season for relaxing on the beach, and seeing seasonal flower fields.
In this page we will write the best activities in Japan`s summer time.
Beaches can offer just the right relief from the heat on a summer’s day. Be sure to bring a swimsuit with you if you want to experience the ocean waters.
Most popular destination for beautiful ocean is Okinawa, the southern part of Japan. But there so many beautiful places to swim all around Japan.
Fireworks festivals (Hanabi) are held all over Japan in the summer months (mainly in July-August).
Hundreds of firework brilliantly colored displays light up the summer night sky for a magical, one-of-a-kind experience.
Many attendants at fireworks festival will be wearing yukata (summer tradition cloth). And this may be an excellent time to rent or borrow a yukata yourself and take in the traditional festival atmosphere.
One of the most attractive things about Japanese summer is traditional summer festivals called – “Matsuri” held across the country during the season. A traditional regional unique events with so much fun in them. Thousands of people dance, and dress up in special clothes, and many street food that much to try!
Japan has a lot more to offer in summer with its gorgeous flowers.
After the spring is over, the rainy season starts. With the new season, the flowering seasons of summer flowers are also starts.
From mid-June and lasts until August. There are a lot of different flowers fields to enjoy in the summer.
Climbing Mount Fuji (3776 meters), Japan’s highest and most prominent mountain, is only in the summer! Due to the frigid temperatures on the iconic mountain’s summit.
An art that can be find only in Japan, and only in Summer
Every year, in begin of summer, the rice is strategically and carefully planted so that it grows in the design of the image for that year. Dozens of locals work together under the guidance of the rice field art committee to plant the rice in the correct position. They use different types of rice for contrast.
The result: a piece of art in the rice field. Every year the image is different.
Every area has their rice field art.