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The humidity is due to Rainy Season, or Tsuyu (梅雨) or Baiu, which literally means "plum rain". The Ume, which is really a Japanese Apricot ripens at this time.

I like plum wine. I also like umeshu, which has ume in the bottle. But I've found a few more ume beverages to enjoy.

Here is a small can of ume soda.











Here is some sparling umeshu (sans ume in the can). It's also not as sparkling as I was led to believe. The flavor is, well, "subtle". But it's in a can, so I didn't have high expectations for it anyway.