This season brings many things: Longer days; scorching heat (猛暑) with high humidity (高湿気); delicious shaved ice (かき氷); and, last but certainly not least (最後になりましたが、未筆ながら), cicadas (セミ).
Recently, I have been able to enjoy the daily concerts of a semiprivate symphony thanks to the cicadas (セミのおかげで) in my garden. Although some of my neighbors (隣人) may think them noisy, to me the cicadas' performances represent the height of summer.
Inaudibly,
Alan
