Climatic characteristics of Japan

Japan's climate is characterized by four distinct seasons.

Japan is dominated by temperate and subtropical monsoon climate, with hot and rainy summers and cold and dry winters. One of the main features of climate is that the temperature changes obviously in four seasons. The national latitude is 25, and the temperature difference between north and south is very significant. The precipitation in Japan is the highest in the world. The main reasons include winter snowfall in Japan's coastal areas; Continuous plum rains in June-July (May-June in Okinawa and Amami); And typhoons that landed in or near Japan from summer to autumn.

The highest recorded temperature in Japan is 40.9℃, which was measured on August 16, 2007 in Kumagu City and Dongdao City, Gifu County, saitama. The lowest recorded temperature is -4 1℃,1measured in Asahikawa, Hokkaido on October 25th, and it is 1902 65438+.

Geographical location of Japan:

Japan is located in the east of Eurasia and the northwest of the Pacific Ocean. Its territory consists of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and more than 7,200 other small islands, so it is also known as the "country of thousands of islands". Japan has a land area of about 377,900 square kilometers. The eastern and southern parts of Japan are the endless Pacific Ocean, bordering the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea in the west, the Sea of Okhotsk in the north, and facing North Korea, South Korea, China, Russia, the Philippines and other countries across the sea.

Hokkaido, Japan has one of the most famous fishing grounds in the world-Hokkaido Fishing Ground, which is formed by the confluence of Thousand Island Cold Current and Japanese Warm Current. Japan is located in the volcanic seismic belt around the Pacific Ocean, with frequent earthquakes and volcanic activities. Japan has110 volcanoes, and Japan has 1/5 earthquakes.