Tsuuyu is Kabi Time

I don’t care what the Japan Meteorological Agency says, I declare today the start of tsuuyu, the rainy season.
Officially, it won’t begin until early June. Doesn’t matter that we’ve have wet tsuuyu-like weather for the past week. It’s not actually ’til June. And it ends in July. That’s the traditiaon and weather patterns be damned.
It really makes no difference when it’s official. The extended wet weather means that it’s time to drag out all the mould-preventative and dehumidifying things.
Containers full of dessicant, DryPet brand, will sit on shelves in my pantry for the next two months. Sachets of the same stuff need to go into the dresser drawers. I must to stock up on kabi-killa, mould killer, for the bathroom.
No matter what you do, no matter how much dessicant you put in strategic locations or how careful you are with cleaning, the damp and humidity make it a challenge to keep dry. Follow tsuuyu with the sticky summer and there’s no way to avoid mould. But battling it keeps it to a minimum, and I’m ready to get armed for the fight.