What is the climate type in Japan?

Japan has a temperate maritime monsoon climate.

Japan has a long and narrow territory, which runs through three climatic zones: tropical zone, temperate zone and frigid zone. Coupled with the dual influence of continental and maritime climate, it is hot and rainy in summer, cold and dry in winter, with four distinct seasons, mainly temperate and subtropical monsoon climate, with a national latitude of 25, and the temperature difference between north and south is very significant.

In winter, the sea of Japan is snowy and cloudy, while the Pacific Ocean is dry and sunny. The temperature difference between north and south is large in winter. In the month of 65438+ 10, the average temperature in Sapporo in the north was below zero, and that in Naha in the south was above 15 degrees. Compared with other countries in the same latitude on the east coast of Eurasia, Japan's climate is maritime.

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Its territory consists of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu and more than 6,800 small islands, with a total area of 378,000 square kilometers. The main ethnic group is the Japanese-speaking Yamato ethnic group, with a total population of about 1.26 billion. The three major metropolitan areas in Japan are Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Osaka Metropolitan Area and Nagoya Metropolitan Area.

topography

About three quarters of Japan's land is covered by mountains. The central part of Honshu is called "the roof of Japan", and many mountains are above 3000 meters above sea level. Mount Fuji, located at the junction of Yamanashi Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture, is the highest mountain in Japan with an altitude of 3,776 meters.

Beiyue in Yamanashi Prefecture, with an altitude of 3193m, is the second highest mountain in Japan. Aosui, located in Nagano Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture, is 3 190 meters above sea level, and Zhijie Yue, which spans Yamanashi Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture, is 3 190 meters above sea level, making it the third highest peak.

Because it is located in the volcanic belt around the Pacific Ocean, Japan has many volcanic areas from the northernmost to the southernmost-it is generally believed that there are seven. Among all volcanoes, about 1 10 is an active volcano, including Sanyuan Mountain on Izu Island, Asayama Mountain at the junction of Nagano Prefecture and Gunma Prefecture, and Asu Mountain in Kumamoto Prefecture.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Japan