June 29, 2020
Japanese face triple threats in new virus age this summer
The number of flowers blooming in summer is limited in Japan, but a closer look at fields and elsewhere makes it possible to find red, yellow, purple and other bright flowers in bloom following the nature's clock. "This is why summer flowers look more adorable to us, flower lovers," says a friend of mine.
People themselves have to take care of their own conditions in summer, particularly during the "tsuyu" rainy season from June to July.
Many parts of the Japanese Archipelago have been hit by abnormal climate phenomena almost every summer, among them torrential rainfalls and repeated heat waves.The recent abnormal weather patterns appear to have come to stay as regular occurrences.
This summer, Japanese find themselves facing three threats, the unabated new corona virus pandemic, on top of the conventional risks of land slides and floods triggered by heavy rain and heat strokes amid very hot weather.When necessary, people have to take shelter mainly at designated public facilities, while trying to protect themselves from the covid-19 virus infection.
The spread of the new deadly virus appeared to have peaked out in many parts of Japan at one time in June, but the virus seems to be regaining its strength late June.People were earlier seen talking to each other optimistically, "The corona virus should weaken when hot summer days come." But this scenario has turned out to be totally unfounded.
Japanese people have come to understand that they should enjoy Japan's beautiful seasonal changes they have seen so far with a close watch on new findings about the dangerous behavior of the new virus from now on.