11th June 2020
Making Ume-shu
The rainy season has just started in Nara. We call it “Tsuyu” or “Baiu” in Japanese, different readings of the kanji 梅雨. 梅 means “plum”, and 雨 means “rain”. As this implies, Ume (Japanese plum) fruit ripens in this season. You can see a lot of Ume fruit for sale at greengrocers and supermarkets. It’s also the season to start...