What's the climate in northern Japan?
Japan can be divided into six climate zones, namely:
Hokkaido climate
Hokkaido is not affected by plum rains, and the rainfall is less than that in other parts of Japan. Summer is short and cool; Winter is long and cold.
Japan's coastal climate
covers the western coastal area of Honshu Island. Winter is controlled by Siberian high pressure, and northwest wind blows. At the same time, because the warm current brings a lot of water vapor to the horse current passing through the Sea of Japan in winter, there is often heavy snow. There is less precipitation in summer, and sometimes there will be abnormal high temperature due to foehn.
central highland climate
typical inland climate. It is cold in winter and cool in summer. There is a great temperature difference between winter and summer and between day and night. Less rainfall
Pacific side climate
includes the east coast of Honshu, Shikoku and most parts of Kyushu. Affected by the southeast monsoon in summer, there are many strong typhoons in Meiyu. In winter, there is less snowfall.
Seto inland sea climate
includes Shanyang, Shikoku, Kinki and parts of Kyushu. The weather here is often sunny, with little rainfall and suffering from drought from time to time.
The climate of Nanxi Islands
covers Ryukyu Islands. It has a subtropical climate with hot summer and warm winter. Heavy rainfall. It is often hit by typhoons in summer.