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
Yên Bái Province who were members of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng (VNQDD, the Vietnamese Nationalist Party). Forestry and farming are the main economic stays of the province. Thác Bà Lake is a natural asset of the country along with its Thác Bà Hydroelectric Plant. Dong Cuong Festival is an important festival of the province. The province's name derives from Sino-Vietnamese 安沛. According to the General Statistics Office of the Government of Vietnam, the population of Yên Bái Province as on 2008 was 750,200 with a density of 109 persons per km over a total land area of of the province. The