If one pays attention to it, you may have noticed that as of late it’s usually cloudy skies and rainy, the streets usually having puddles littered across them and the dirt turned to mud. Why has the weather lately been so filled of rain? There could be two answers to this depending on what you believe, there is the spiritual aspect but also the scientific and geological reasonings.
In Japan from the month of May to July depending on your region, the country experiences what many call Tsuyu season, named ‘Plum Rain’ due to its timing along with the harvest of plums. Due to our islands more southern location, Karakura’s Tsuyu season typically stretches from early May to late June or early July. The reason rain heavily occurs during this time is due a front that ends up sitting over the region as the seasons change, hot or warm southerly winds colliding with that of the more northern chiller winds, as the moist warm air meets the dry cold air it begins to cool and condense which leads to a cloud formation and rain. When the front remains stuck in a certain area for a period of time, this process is on repeat till the front eventually is able to move on which causes our often rain showers.
Those who follow certain religions believe there are far different reasons as to why Karakura experiences as much rain as we do. Within the religion of Shintoism, one of Karakura’s most heavily practiced religions, many people believe there is a dark reason to why rain is so frequent and lightning so violent. According to Priest Shimano at the Sinsei Seinaru Monastery, the frequent rain in Shintoism eye’s is a curse given by the Kami’s, or in other words a certain type of spirit or divine being.
The reasoning behind why this small island is plagued by such frequent rain is different to the belief from as far a scientific or geographical reasoning to as far as believing it is a spirit or divine being's own doing. Though no matter the belief someone in Karakura has, or no matter the reason or research found, Karakura experiences a large amount of rain and will continue to experience such.
In Japan from the month of May to July depending on your region, the country experiences what many call Tsuyu season, named ‘Plum Rain’ due to its timing along with the harvest of plums. Due to our islands more southern location, Karakura’s Tsuyu season typically stretches from early May to late June or early July. The reason rain heavily occurs during this time is due a front that ends up sitting over the region as the seasons change, hot or warm southerly winds colliding with that of the more northern chiller winds, as the moist warm air meets the dry cold air it begins to cool and condense which leads to a cloud formation and rain. When the front remains stuck in a certain area for a period of time, this process is on repeat till the front eventually is able to move on which causes our often rain showers.
Those who follow certain religions believe there are far different reasons as to why Karakura experiences as much rain as we do. Within the religion of Shintoism, one of Karakura’s most heavily practiced religions, many people believe there is a dark reason to why rain is so frequent and lightning so violent. According to Priest Shimano at the Sinsei Seinaru Monastery, the frequent rain in Shintoism eye’s is a curse given by the Kami’s, or in other words a certain type of spirit or divine being.
The reasoning behind why this small island is plagued by such frequent rain is different to the belief from as far a scientific or geographical reasoning to as far as believing it is a spirit or divine being's own doing. Though no matter the belief someone in Karakura has, or no matter the reason or research found, Karakura experiences a large amount of rain and will continue to experience such.
