What El Nino Means for Japan’s Winter: Japan is on a lot of people’s lists this winter so we thought we’d look into what El Nino means for Japan’s upcoming winter.ย Typically, Japan works off a cold wind that comes off Asia, picks up moisture off the Sea of Japan, and dumps that moisture as snow when it hits the mountainous isles of Japan.ย Like lake-effect snow, […] WeatherBrains | October 14, 2015 1 Comment