A local resident has told In Other News of the difficulty he is having reconciling two conflicting ideas, the fact of Japan's having four seasons, and the annual rainy season.
Saitama-based recruiter Bob McThorndike, 27, told us "I just don't get it. Everyone tells me Japan has four seasons, but now everyone is talking about rainy season. Is this some inscrutable thing? I'm not a Buddhist. I just don't know who to trust any more."
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| Rainy season, the fifth of Japan's four seasons |
Ministry of Seasons spokesman Haruaki Fuyunatsu said, "While it's absolutely true that Japan has four seasons, we do also have the rainy season. However, while it's a recognised, recurring and officially delineated annual period of forecastable weather, and we use the word season, it's not one of the official four seasons. I trust this has clarified the matter."
Mr McThorndike declined to comment on the Ministry statement.
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