The , abbreviated to the LMO, is a type of
JMA and a part of its . JMA set up five LMOs in
Hokkaido
is Japan, Japan's Japanese archipelago, second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost Prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own List of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; th ...
, three in
Okinawa
is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi).
Naha is the capital and largest city ...
and one in another each
prefecture which has neither nor ; thus Local Meteorological Observatories count 50 in
Japan. They are responsible for local weather services and some of them manage local s.
On the one hand, by way of exception, although
Maizuru Marine Observatory is in
Kyoto Prefecture, it's just for the
Sea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East. The Japanese archipelago separates the sea from the Pacific Ocean. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it h ...
basin; Instead,
Kyoto Local Meteorological Observatory takes over general weather services within the prefecture. On the other hand,
Kobe Marine Observatory administers both marine weather affairs and general weather services in
Hyogo Prefecture, and
Nagasaki Marine Observatory is the same position as the Kobe's.
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References
*''The information in this article is based on that in its
Japanese equivalent''.
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