ski and dive japan! 日本——滑雪、潜水胜地！

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1、SkiandDiveJapan!日本——滑雪、潜水胜地！　　Japanissurroundedbytheseaandcoveredwithmountains.Allsortsofoutdoorsportscanbeeasilyenjoyedhere.ButgreatplacesforskiinganddivingareespeciallynumerousinJapan.　　Japanhasmanytop-classlocationsforsnowsports，andhashostedtheOlympicWinterGamest

2、wice.JapanistheonlyAsiannationtohavehostedaWinterOlympics.TheareaalongtheJapanSeacoastfromHokkaidosouthtoaboutthemiddleofthecountryhassomeoftheheaviestsnowfallintheworld.Everywinter，seasonalwindsfromSiberiahelppileupseveralmetersofsnowthroughoutthisregion.　　Japanhos

3、teditssecondOlympicWinterGamesin1998，inthenorthernpartofNaganoPrefecture，partofthisheavysnowfallregion.About100yearsago，aEuropeanvisitortoJapannamedthearea’sruggedmountainrangestheJapanAlps。TheOlympicathletesweresimilarlyimpressed.Theyspokeveryhighlyofthechallenging

4、courses.Althoughtheinitialcrazeforsnowsportsseemstohavepassed，about10％oftheJapanesepublicparticipateinsnowsports.Thankstothissteadydomesticdemand，theinfrastructureforwinterresorts，suchaslifts，hotelaccommodation，andtransportationaccess，issolid.Japanesewinterresortsar

5、efunforeveryone，fromfirst-timeskierstohardcoreracers.　　Meanwhile，Okinawaistheplacetogofordiving.AtthesouthernmostendoftheJapanesearchipelago，theentireprefectureliesinthesubtropics。TheclarityofthewaterinOkinawaisstriking.Thankstostrong-flowingcurrents，thewaterstaysqu

6、iteclear，evenwhensurfacewatersareroughorthereisalargegrowthofplankton。Underwatervisibility，sometimesgreaterthan30meters，andthewhitesandseafloorworktogethertopainttheOkinawanwatersadeepazureblue.TheKuroshioCurrentbringsahugevarietyoffishtoOkinawa.　　Therichnessandvari

7、etyoftheunderseaenvironmentareastounding.Afewshortminutes’boatridefromtheshorefindscoralreefs，tropicalfishandothermarinelife，andfascinatingrockgrottoformations.Eveninbadweatherthereareshelteredlocationstodive.　　ThecomplexpatternsintheseafloorgeographygaverisetoOkina

8、wa‘suniqueoceanbeauty.Mostdivesiteshavedepthsofaround20meters，makingtheareaperfectforsportsdiving.Manyplacesareopenandbright，andareeasilya