"John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<408E8068.9040806@yahoo.com>...
> Heywood Mogroot wrote:
> > 
> > Japan: freezing in the winter, boiling in the summer. Where's the best
> > microclimate in Japan to live & work? I've been thinking the Sanyo
> > coast, maybe Hagi, or somewhere in Tokushima might have the California
> > climate that is most livable year-round.
> 
> Wouldn't Hokkaido be fairly cool in summer?

yes, most pleasant from what I hear. However I'm interested if there's
a place that's tolerable year-round, the ideal case being Hokkaido's
climate all year round.

> A friend lived in northeast 
> Hokkaido and IIRC he found the summers pleasant enough. Also when I 
> visited Sendai one August I recall the mountain areas had a nice breeze 
> that cooled things down.

Everything north of Okinawa gets rather cold in the winter. But I
never got west of Kyoto in my 8 years in Japan, so maybe there's some
coastal place that's nice. 'course, anyone who has found this place
sure ain't divulging it to the world I guess...

Hmmm, maybe Yaku-shima would have the best climate in Japan. Or maybe
Shimoda.