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"There's no such thing as 'dessert' in Japanese cuisine." Really? Do they just not eat sweet things?

It's occurred to me from reading this page and "The Restaurant of Lost Recipes" that I really don't know all that much about the climate of Japan except that they must get very hot and humid summers similar to those of most of the US (they have the highest installed AC capacity in the world, followed by the US). But snow in Kyoto? I've seen pictures of snow in Hokkaido, but that's a lot further north.