the Beginning of Autumn

立秋のあとが暑い

立秋とは秋の始めの事ですが、立秋を過ぎてもまだまだ暑い日が続きます。それどころか、その後に最高気温が記録される事が多いくらいです。毎年、８月８日ごろに立秋を迎えますが、この日以降の暑さを残暑と呼ぶのが正しいと言われています。しかし、体感的にはどこか違和感を感じます。でもこの頃になると、海水浴場では大きな波のうねりがあらわれたり電気クラゲに刺される人が増えたり、公園では秋の花の萩や桔梗が咲き乱れたりしていますので、何となくもう秋かなと感じます。やっぱり太陽の運行は性格なんですね。

the Beginning of Autumn 

Rissyu means the beginning of autumn but even after this day it continues to be hot. In fact, after Rissyu the highest temperature of the year is often recorded. The day is around August 8 every year and it is said the heat after this day is formally called zansyo(Lingering heat) . But when we say what we feel, it is a little bit different. Around this time of the year there appears a big wave near the swimming beach and more and more people are stung by electric jellyfish. In the park autumn flowers such as Japanese bellflowers are beginning to bloom. So I somehow feel autumn has already com. The movement of the sun is more accurate, don't you think so?