Kyoto Rainy Season without Rain 2012

June 9th, 2012 by Michael

Greetings from Kyoto

It should be raining a lot in Kyoto now as this time of year is the rainy season. However, this spring and summer there has been almost no rain. It finally poured rain last night, at long last. I think it has been 5 weeks since we had a real rain. The Kamo River was barely flowing and was soon to be more like large puddles than a river. The last two weeks or so, the water is so low that the backs of the carp stick out of the water in many places as they swim. That sight made me feel like we have sharks in Kyoto now. But, the fish probably aren’t so amused.

Facebook | Twitter | Google+ | View more Kyoto Postcards

One Response to “Kyoto Rainy Season without Rain 2012”

Comment RSS
  1. Kamo River Nutria ‘Shooting the Rapids’ | OpenKyoto says:
    June 23, 2012 at 5:25 pm

    [...] Kamo River is almost raging. (We’ve had enough rain for a full-on torrent, but since it was so dry this spring, I think that a good deal of the downpour was just soaked up by Mother [...]

    Reply

Leave a Reply

ContactCopyright © OpenKyoto, All Rights Reserved.