Written in 2011/1/31
Japan islands is lengthwise. its distance is nearly 3,000km. Because of its lengthwise, the difference of temperature between Ｈokkaidou(北海道) where is farthest north of Japan islands and Okinawa(沖縄) where is farthest south of it is big, it is just about 20℃.
Four seasons of Japan is clear, and Japanese know how to have fun of all four seasons. Japan is surrounded by sea and its inland has many mountains. Japan is composed of four big islands where is Honshu(本州), Hokkaidou(北海道) ,Kyushu(九州), shikoku(四国) and Okinawa and some little islands.
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The Japanese islands are spindly situated from north to south. Lengthwise, the distance is nearly 3000km. Because of its length, there's a huge temperature difference between Japan's island furthest to the north, Hokkaidou, and furthest to the south, Okinawa. The difference is about 20℃.
The four seasons are clearly defined in Japan and the Japanese know how to have fun during all four seasons. Japan is surrounded by sea and its inland has many mountains. Japan is composed of four big islands, some islands like Okinawa, and many little islands. The four big islands are Honshu(本州), Hokkaidou(北海道) ,Kyushu(九州), Shikoku(四国).