Do you know when the shortest day of year is? It is the day after tomorrow. The sun rises at 6:56 a.m. in Nagoya, and it sets at 4:44 p.m., so December 21 is 9 hours and 48 minutes long here. The day is shorter in the north of Japan. The sun comes up at 7:03 a.m. in Sapporo and sets at 4:03 p.m., so the day lasts 9 hours. If you live in Stockholm, Sweden, where the Nobel Prize ceremonies are held, December 21 is only 6 hours long, and if you go to the far north of Sweden, the sun never rises in December and January. (108 words)