June 16th- June 20th, 2024 is Summer – BOSHU (Grain bears and seeds)-27th KOU “UME turns yellow.”
Right now, it’s the season when green UME fruit ripens and turns yellow. This is also the rainy season, known as BAI-U, where BAI means UME and U is rain. However, this year’s BAI-U season is predicted to start around June 20th (about 12 days later than last year).
June 6th is apparently “UME Day.” I didn’t know that.
It’s going to get increasingly hot and humid from now on. Moreover, there are no national holidays in June. That’s tiring. Let’s take UMEBOSHI (pickled (brined) UME fruits) and UME wine to cheer ourselves up and stay healthy.
SHINSHU-SHINMACHI in the west of NAGANO City is the largest producer of KO-UME in the HOKUSHIN area. They sell SHINSHU-SHINMACHI special UME wine!
