Visual Notes 006

Details of rain.

Japan has a rainy season called tsuyu.

A long stretch of light rain that keeps falling. The beginning of this season is announced on the news: “Tsuyu has begun.”

But in recent years, the start of tsuyu has become less clear. Instead of steady rain, brief and intense downpours have become more common. The number of rainy days also seems to be decreasing.

The sense of season I had as a child has changed into something else now. Days when light rain kept falling. I may one day miss them.

Visual Notes is a series that will run alongside my regular posts—more photographs, fewer words.