Geographic information of Japan

1. Scope

Japan is located at the eastern end of the Eurasian continent, with a land area of ??377,880 square kilometers, including 4 large islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu and more than 6,800 other small islands. . The territorial sea area is 310,000 square kilometers. The total land area, including small islands, totals 377,835 square kilometers, of which 374,744 square kilometers are land area and 3,091 square kilometers are water area.

2. Latitude position

Because Japan’s islands extend very long in the northeast direction, spanning about 20 degrees of latitude from north to south.

3. Sea and land position< /p>

Japan’s coastline is 33,889 kilometers long and its water area is 3,091 square kilometers.

Japan is located at the eastern end of the Eurasian continent and belongs to Asia. It is an island country facing the sea on all sides, extending in an arc from northeast to southwest. To the east and south is the endless Pacific Ocean, to the west is the Sea of ??Japan and the East China Sea, and to the north is the Sea of ??Okhotsk. It faces North Korea, China, Russia, the Philippines and other countries across the sea.

4. Climate distribution

Japan is deeply affected by ocean currents such as the Kuroshio and Oyashio, and has a distinct oceanic climate with very small temperature differences throughout the year. Most of Japan has a temperate climate. However, because the islands of Japan extend very long from southwest to northeast, spanning about 20 degrees of latitude from north to south, the climate across the country is still very different and can be divided into six climate zones, respectively. Yes:

Hokkaido climate: Hokkaido is not affected by the rainy season and has less rainfall than other places in Japan. Summers are short and cool; winters are long and cold.

Sea of ??Japan climate: the scope is the western coast of Honshu Island. In winter, controlled by the Siberian high pressure, northwest winds blow. At the same time, the warm Tsushima Current passes through the Sea of ??Japan in winter and brings a large amount of water vapor, so there is often heavy snowfall. There is less precipitation in summer and sometimes unusually high temperatures due to foehn winds.

Central Highlands climate: typical inland climate. Cold in winter and cool in summer. There are large temperature differences between winter and summer and between day and night. Low rainfall

Pacific side climate: including most of the east coast of Honshu, Minami-Shikoku and Kyushu. Affected by the southeast monsoon in summer, there are strong plum rains and many typhoons. There is less snowfall in winter.

Seto Inland Sea type climate: including the Sanyo area, Kitakushikoku, Kinki and Kyushu local areas. The weather here is often sunny, with little rainfall, and it suffers from drought from time to time.

Climate of the Nansei Islands: the scope is the Ryukyu Islands. The climate here is subtropical, with hot summers and warm winters. Heavy rainfall. It is often hit by typhoons in summer.

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