Hokkaido is the coldest place in Japan, with an average temperature of 6.6 °C (43.9 °F). The temperature in Hokkaido can drop to -40 °C (-40 °F) in the winter. The coldest temperature ever recorded in Japan was -41 °C (-42 °F) in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on January 25, 1902.
