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=Seasons and Weather=

Weather in Japan
As a relatively small island nation, with the Asian continent to its west and the Pacific Ocean to the east, Japan's climate has many influences on it. However, as Japan streches over about 3,700km from north to south, different areas of Japan have different climates. Despite this, most parts of Japan have 4 distinct seasons. Find out more at kidsweb.

Japanese weather reports are quite specific and will generally give the percentage chance of rain for each part of the day. The Japanese weather report here even provides advice as to whether it's a good day for hanging out the washing, as well as information on UV rays and if you need moisturiser for your skin (low humidity).

Click here for a video weather report (and a little bit more) from Weathernews.

For an explanation of weather phenomenon and Japanese weather terms (in Japanese), go to 子供の天気教室(Children's weather classroom). Yahoo kids (Japan) also has a glossary of Japanese weather terms.

Traditionally an agricultural society, the seasons are very important in Japan and each season has its specific activities, festivals, clothes and food.

Vocabulary

 * Hot || ** atsui ** ||
 * Cold || ** samui ** ||
 * Fine, sunny || ** hare ** ||
 * Cloudy || ** kumori ** ||
 * Rain, rainy || ** ame ** ||