Jounouchi Hiromi's hometown is in the coastal and mountainous areas of Yamagata Prefecture in Japan's Northeast region. Although it has the ninth largest land area in Japan, over 72% of it is covered by forests, making it a typical place where the land is plentiful but sparsely populated.
As part of the Northeast region, Yamagata's climate naturally also possesses characteristics of the Northeast; namely, there is a lot of snow during winter.
Although Yamagata Prefecture is not very far from Tokyo—just over two hours away by Shinkansen—the journey from Tokyo clearly shows a change in scenery from greenery to a landscape blanketed in white snow.
"It really is the Northeast, with such heavy snow." Having put Audis back into his backpack, Chen Yu carried his suitcase and walked out of the train station with Jounouchi Hiromi, looking at the knee-deep snow outside and couldn't help but remark.
