Eastern Japan has hot and humid summers and cold winters with very heavy snow on the Sea of Japan side and in mountainous areas. Western Japan has very hot and humid summers (with temperatures sometimes reaching 35 oC or above) and moderate cold winters. Okinawa and Amami have a subtropical oceanic climate.
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Japan's climate varies by latitude. Climatic zones include subarctic, extratropical and subtropical.
Northern part of Japan has warm summers but long, cold winters with heavy snow. Central part of Japan in its elevated position has hot, humid summers and ...
Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyūshū have an extra-tropical climate, Hokkaido has a subarctic climate, and the southern islands (such as Okinawa) have a sub-tropical ...