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
Bozyazı Island Bozyazı Island Bozyazı Island is a small Mediterranean island in Turkey. The island faces Bozyazı ilçe (district) of Mersin Province at . Its distance to shore is only and in 1982 a road was constructed between the main land and the island by embankment. But in 2009 the artificial connection was abandoned. Although it is currently uninhabited there are ruins on the island.The island was once a part of the Nagidos ancient city. However, during the Cilician pirates age the city lost its former importance and the population mostly concentrated in the island then called "Nagidudos" or "Tagiduda". The total