雪 Yuki （Snow）
In the winter time, some of the prefectures have snow falling in Japan. It creates magical scenery to the normal sites and brings a lot tourists in the snowing area.
One of the most famous sites can be in Nagano, the hot spring where you can see the monkey taking a bath – called Jigokudani Yaen-Koen (地獄谷野猿公苑) You can see the bathing monkeys in the cold winter time so don’t miss out if you visit Japan in winter!
Another wonderful must-go winter place can be in Gifu, Shirakawa-Gou (白川郷), the old village with typical Japanese style houses surrounded by nature (world herritage site). It is located in the heavy snowing area so you can see the very white gorgeous view. If you would like to see the village lighting-up, you can book the tour.
In Hokkaido, Biei area, there is a famous blue pond and water fall. It has very nostalgic view with the lighting up in the winter time. The area is surrounded by the quiet deep forest and the pond gets frozen so it makes a fantasy view.
There are a lot more gorgeous winter sites in Japan, so if you are interested, please have a search and decide where to visit!
One study revealed the most snow falling prefecture in Japan between 2008 and 2017.
Prefectures where had got the largest amount of snow (Accumulation snow depth)
- Hokkaido
- Aomori
- Akita
- Yamagata
- Iwate
All the top prefectures are located in the Northern area.
Prefectures where had got the most snow falling
- Aomori
- Hokkaido
- Yamagata
- Akita
- Toyama
For the amount of snow falling, Toyama in the Middle-North area ranked in.
On the other hand, there are areas where there has rarely snow. Those are:
Saitama / Shizuoka / Shiga / Miyazaki / Okinawa
It is obvious that Okinawa does not snow as it is located in very the end south, but it is surprising that Saitama, Shizuoka and Shiga do not have much snow falling.
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