Summer in Japan is a powerful cultural shock. Western tradition is used to seeing summer as a carefree siesta, a time of absolute peace and rest. But for Japanese culture,

The poets of the past could not change the climate, but they learned to defeat the heat mentally. They created a unique language of signs, sounds, and images capable of giving a breath of saving coolness by the mere power of thought.

In the modern world, travelers are increasingly given urgent advice: "Do not come to Japan in the summer." July and August have turned into an extreme survival test. The exhausting, 100% humidity, the suffocating smog of megacities, and the merciless sun force tourists to hide under air conditioners, turning a long-awaited trip into dashes between shelters. The real Japanese summer can be too cruel to a person.

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We will move into a completely different space —

we even do not need to buy plane tickets and languish from the stifling subtropical smog of Tokyo. Through the lens of haiku, we will make a much deeper immersion.