Climate

a) Climate Types: The types of climates that exist in Japan varies a lot, there's subtropical weather in the southern parts of japan and the northern parts gets really cold. "Kuroshio" is a Japanese current the flows warm stream into the southern parts of Japan. On the other hand, "Oyashio," another current in japan brings cold stream through the northern parts of Japan. Japan is located close by the "Asian Monson," which means it rains a lot. Also the humidity levels in Japan has been increasing through out the years.

                The climate across the country extremely varies. The coast lines are the coolest parts of japan. The closer you are to the ocean, the temperatures will get cooler. The center of the country is where all the heat maintains.

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b) Seasonality: The annual temperature and precipitation for Tokyo are 21 degrees Celsius and 180 mm. For Osaka, the annual temperature and precipitation are  16.3 degrees Celsius and 1318 mm. Compare to Honolulu's annual temperature and precipitation, which is 8 ºF and 3.55 inches. Tokyo is the cooler city and the wetter city compare to Honolulu. Tokyo experiences large seasonality. There do have all for seasons in Japan, and the seasons are very noticable.