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and flows into the Japan Sea through 

 Isushima straits. Although this branch 

 is rather a weak stream as compared 

 with the eastern current, it travels 

 farther north, washing the west coast 

 of Japan until it disappears in the sea 

 off the northern shore of Hokkaido 

 (Yesso). 



The cold currents are originated at 

 Kamtchatka. One of them runs south- 

 westward along the coast of the Kurile 

 islands, washing the southeastern coast 

 of Yesso. Bending southward it disap- 

 pears in the Pacific near Kinkwa-san 

 island in summer, and at Cape Inuboi 

 in winter. These two points on the 

 coast of Japan, where the currents 

 meet, are dreaded by mariners on ac- 

 count of the rough water. 



Another branch of the cold current 

 from Behring sea comes down along 

 the west coast of Saghalin island, wash- 



