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when it comes to snow it is better to think in terms of pacific side and sea of japan side. it snows plenty on the sea of japan side while it snows less or not at all on the pacific side. however, the length of the winter is of course different between hyogo-ken and hokkaido for instance.

as any good rule there r of course exceptions. fukuoka doesn't get too much snow even though it is on the sea of japan side, while in morioka they get snow even it being on the pacific side.