Does the fact that Japan has hosted two different winter olympics,
1972 in Sapporo and
1998 in Nagano tell you something about your question ?
to which will i refer if i want to know Japan has snow?
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Here is a site on climate in Japan.
http://gojapan.about.com/cs/weather/a/climateinjapan.htm
http://gojapan.about.com/cs/weather/a/climateinjapan.htm