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Kamikochi

  • Today I will go to Kamikochi with my friends.

    上高地


    Kamikochi is one of largest depositional plains in Japan, the altitude of which is around 1500 meters.
    今日は友人と上高地に行く予定です。

    It is thought that a river dammed by eruption activities and made a pond, then sediments deposited there.
    上高地は、標高1500m程の位置する、日本最大級の堆積平野です。

    The winter in Kamikochi is very cold — the average temperature in January is -7.7 ℃, and the lowest temperature is below -30 ℃.
    かつて、川が噴火活動によってがせき止められ池となり、そこに土砂が堆積してできたものと考えられています。

    On the other hand, the average temperature in summer is around 20 ℃, so you can go sightseeing comfortably.
    冬は非常に寒さが厳しく、1月の平均気温は-7.7℃、最低気温は-30℃以下になります。

    However, note that the average temperature of some areas don’t exceed 10 ℃, that is a tundra climate.
    一方夏は平均気温が20℃ほどとなり、とても涼しく気持ちよく観光できます。

    Since Kamikochi is very beautiful, when you come to Nagano prefecture, please visit it.
    ただし、一部地域は最暖月の平均気温が10℃を超えず、ツンドラ気候となっています。

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