Hydrangea (Ajisai in Japanese) is the sign of the rainy season in Japan The flower is adored and honored by most of the Japanese like they do for ume, sakura and irises In fact, the flower was first discovered in Japan Viewing hydrangea flower is a tradition here Ashikaga Flower Park Ajisai, Ashikaga See 15 unbiased reviews of Ashikaga Flower Park Ajisai, rated 35 of 5 on Tripadvisor and ranked #100 of 972 restaurants in Ashikaga As noted, ajisai is a flower associated with the rainy season in Japan, a period of unstable weather that moves west to east between midJune and lateJuly It impacts all of Japan with the exception of Hokkaido and the Ogasawara Islands In Japanese the rainy season has a more poetic name, tsuyu (梅雨), literally plum rain
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