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
Kızkalesi (castle) Kızkalesi (castle) Kızkalesi (Maiden's Castle, also known as "Deniz kalesi") is a castle situated on a small island in Mersin Province of Turkey. The medieval name of the island was "Crambusa" (in medieval Greek Γραμβούσσα, "Gramvoussa"). At it is about off shore in the Mediterranean Sea. The total area of the island is about and the castle covers most of this area. Kızkalesi, the town facing the island in the main land which shares the same name as the island is to Erdemli (district center) and to Mersin (province center). According to Strabo, the island was used by the pirates