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The climate of the spring (3-May) and clothes in Kirishima city

At the beginning of March the lowest temperature also has the day when the highest temperature will be 20 ℃ 2 ℃, and when the three cold days followed by four warm ones continue. A cherry tree will bloom at the last ten days when the average highest temperature exceeds 15 ℃. Sakura of a historic old temple and a park in a Kirishima shrine is in full bloom at the beginning of April. A knit and a cardigan are enough for daytime flower viewing, in the evening, the temperature, much, it falls, so I'll prepare a court.
A Kirishima mountain range after the middle of April when opening of the mountain in summer is performed is colored by flowers. The middle of April-middle of May is in best time in "NOKAIDOU" of the rose family apple genus which grows naturally only in Ebino Plateau. More than 1500 m of mountains is dyed by dark pink of "MIYAMAKIRISHIMA" Takachihonomine after "HIKAGETSUTSUJI" and the middle of May which make a yellow flower bloom at Ebino mountain at the end of April. The form that "Hal Gentiana" etc. is pretty in a footing. The temperature of this time a flower viewing mountaineering visitor becomes a lot when is about 19 ℃. I take notice to fall 0.6 ℃ every 100m, choose clothes and shoulder at highlands.

The climate of the summer (6-August) and clothes in Kirishima city

Beginning of the rainy season, at the end ofordinary year May-at the beginning of June. There is a lot of precipitation and it isn't also unusual that rain continues for about 1 week. The average temperature of the rainy season is about 23 ℃. Still the rainy season gets cold, so I come to want a thin jacket. When going to walk to highlands and mountaineering,* against the cold will choose clothes with the wind protection function.
The average temperature of 7 and August is about 26 ℃. From summer of Tokyo, 1-about 2 ℃, it's low, but the humidity becomes high about 5 %. The heat peculiar Kagoshima made damp starts at the end of July of the end of the rainy season, so well ventilated clothes are most suitable. The "woodland therapy load" which was made around Kirishima Kanzui kyou and the Kirishima high plain where I have the one I'd like to visit by all means in hot summer for 500 m-700 m of altitude. Forest bathing can be enjoyed while feeling a refreshing wind. "Kokubu camp beach" in the Kinkouwan Bay northern coast where you can get a bird's-eye view of Sakurajima is also bustle. It's also recommended to cool from the inside of a body for an ice of local specialty "white bear".

The climate of the autumn (9-November) and clothes in Kirishima city

An event is plenty in autumn of Kirishima. The soldier matrix of Kagoshimajinguu "bounds striped Hayato beach descent" and November 10 follow "sacred fire festival of god's descendants to earth" and November 23 in a Kirishima shrine with the Niiname festival (I'm not here rather, case) at the middle of October with held Kirishima city Fireworks Festival" as a start at the end of September. Shinto Ceremony at the shrine where history is here and the one visited according to the tour of power spots much are recommended.
The heat is still left, but the average temperature is about 20 ℃ at the middle ofSeptember-in October, so the beginning of September can have time pleasantly by a shirt and a cardigan. The fine day is also most suitable for much going out. The origin of the colored leaves is from the end of October. There are a lot of crater lakes in Mt. Kirishima where the surrounding mountains is dyed in brocade "Oonamiike (Ordinary, go.)" and "Ebino Plateau" etc. famous places where Susukino spreads. The lowest average temperature goes down to about 8 ℃ in November of best time, so a coat and stoles are warm clothes, and colored leaves will go out to an excursion for viewing scarlet maple leaves.

The climate of the winter (12-February) and clothes in Kirishima city

Even winter is Kagoshima with a mild image, but there are many days when the lowest temperature is the freezing point in Kirishima city where a Kirishima mountain range towers. A Kirishima mountain range is covered with snow all in December when an ordinary year and the average lowest temperature will be about 3 ℃, and a fog deposit is also seen. You can keep off the cold at a thick court by town walk, but it's cold protection by snow boots and a down coat at highlands. The peak where January when I greet the New Year by "Kirishima nine side drum of god's descendants to earth" and February offered up at a Kirishima shrine are cold. The average temperature goes down to about 6 ℃.
Many people visit famous Kirishima in an efficacious hot spring in 4 large hot spring village in the base in a Kirishima mountain range as hot spring place, and the tour of hot spring where the hot-spring quality and effect are different is being enjoyed. The sign which is spring when a yellow flower "Japanese witch hazel" begins to bloom around Oonamiike of a thaw at the end of February. More than 10 ℃ and the lowest temperature are still the freezing point and the time when temperature gap is great for the highest temperature, so it'll be steady, and I spend the prevention cold season by warm clothes.