The famed geisha of Kyoto are collapsing from the heat. The apple trees that are a feature of Japan’s northern Aomori prefecture are barren. A ski slope in the central Nagano prefecture is green due to a lack of winter snow. Numerous other parts of the country – from Iwate to Yamagata, Ishikawa, Osaka and the city of Tokyo – are under water.These are some of the scenarios showing what the most famous landmarks in all of Japan’s 47 prefectures will look like if climate change continues unabated…

This post was originally published on South China Morning Post.