Cedar pollen will begin to be dispersed in early February in Kyushu and parts of Kanto, reaching its peak from the end of the same month to the end of March. The amount of pollen dispersed is expected to be about the same or slightly higher than usual, and very high in Hokkaido, but there is a shortage of the all-important medicine.
Although “cedar pollen dispersion is higher than usual,” “hay fever sufferers” are depressed by a “serious shortage of medicines.
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