Photos & video: Okinawa enters rainy season
Photograph 5: A fog settles over Ginowan City on the morning of May 11.
May 11, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On May 11, the Okinawa Meteorological Observatory announced that Okinawa appeared to have entered the rainy season. Okinawa is the second regional area of Japan to enter the wet season, following the Amami area which entered its rainy season on May 10. The rainy season arrived in Okinawa two days later than the average year and five days earlier than last year. The Meteorological Observatory forecasts cloudy days for the next week, due to the rainy seasonal front and humid air moving into the region.
Photograph 1: Nishihara City covered in a thick fog at around 8:30 a.m. on May 11.
Photograph 2: The Nirai Kanai Bridge in Chinen, Nanjo City, shrouded in a fog at around 7 a.m. on May 11.
Photograph 3: People crossing the street with umbrellas in hand near the prefectural office in Naha City, around 8 a.m. on May 11.
Photograph 4: A hibiscus flower covered in rain drops after an early dawn shower. Photographed in Ginowan City around 9 a.m. on May 11.
Photograph 5: A fog settles over Ginowan City on the morning of May 11.
Photograph 6: A cat taking shelter from the rain under a playground slide. Photographed at Urasoe Athletic Park at 8:11 a.m. on May 11.
(English translation by T&CT and Monica Shingaki)
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