Wine country
Japan
A wet, humid archipelago whose vineyards concentrate in the Kofu Basin in Yamanashi, growing the pink-skinned Koshu.
Where it is
Map data: Natural Earth
Places in Japan
Hokkaido
Japan's northern island, with a cold, snowy climate and vineyards spread across several distinct regions.
Yamanashi
The basin west of Tokyo below Mount Fuji, home to the Koshu grape and a major center of Japanese wine.
Yoichi
A coastal town west of Sapporo on Hokkaido, cold and snowy, planted to northern European grapes.