Snow country (Japan) Snow country (Japan) Snow country (雪国 "yukiguni"; also, more prosaically, 豪雪地帯 "gōsetsu chitai" ["heavy snow area"]) refers to areas in Japan characterized by heavy, long-lasting snowfalls. The rather poetic can refer to any place with heavy or deep snows and is generally understood as a reference to the Sea of Japan side of Honshū (Japan's main island) and the area encompassed by the Japanese Alps, a series of mountain ranges that make up the island's backbone. In its broadest meaning, "snow country" means the belt along the Sea of Japan from Yamaguchi (in particular, Shimane) in the south to Honshū's
Yumurtalık Island same story of the Kızkalesi (castle) in Mersin Province. Yumurtalık Island Yumurtalık Island (also known as Atlas Island) is a small Mediterranean island in Yumurtalık ilçe (district) of Adana Province, Turkey. The midpoint of the island is at . It is situated about to the east of the port. Its surface area is about . There is a small castle in the north of the island. The castle was built in the 11th century, during the late Byzantine or Cilician Armenia era. It faces the castle in the main land (Aegeae). It was an auxiliary unit of the port. Sometimes