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maryknight · Joined: 12 Oct 2005 Posts: 83

i am used to a temperate climate (seattle). not at all hot
in the summer and not very cold in the winter. is there
any place similar to that in japan?

PAULH · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 4672 Location: Western Japan

Nismo · Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 520

You can escape the cold, but you can't escape the heat/humidity. You've been warned!

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

Where I live in Shikoku, it is 35-36C most days in the summer and very humid. Winters are mild, 5-8C most of the times and very very little snow. I wish there was more snow. Temps are about the same inside (an unheated room) or outside.

pnksweater · Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 173 Location: Tokyo, Japan

As someone from the Seattle area I can say that of all of the places in Japan I've lived or visited, none of them were anything like Seattle. Haven't been to Kyushu or Hokkaido yet... but I'm pretty sure they're nothing like Seattle either. Wink

Yes, it gets cold in the winter, some places it dumps snow, and the summers... well your hair will never be the same again. But isn't that part of the fun of living someplace other than home?

Rikki · Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 8

My home town is just north of Seattle in Canada, and I can tell you the weather on Kyushu is nothing like it is back home.

Rainy Season: Downpour. Not the soft, misty rain of home.

Summer: A sauna. Literally. Who knew setting an airconditioner to 27 degrees could make it feel cool?

Winter: Dry, and after the furnace of summer, surprisingly cool.

Personally, though, I really like the weather here.

Hope that's a little helpful.

aprichar · Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 4

I'm from Seattle, too, and I find that Miyagi is quite nice. Granted, it's much hotter and more humid in the summer, but only for a couple of weeks. Winter is a bit colder, but it's wonderfully dry, nothing like the the months and months of drippy sloppy drizzle we are blessed with in the Emerald City. Yes, Japan's both hotter and colder than the PNW, but only in the height of summer and the depths of winter. I love the weather here.