Does your part of Japan increasingly feel like it has just two seasons?

I've mentioned a few times on here that my area of Japan has heaping amounts of snow in winter, but still manages to be every bit the sauna in summer, with the pleasant seasons (spring and autumn) feeling pretty truncated. A nationwide survey by One Co., Ltd. backs that up, with 86.8 percent of respondents saying Japan now feels like it has only summer and winter rather than four distinct seasons. 

Are lovely, long springs a thing of a past? A lot of people are beginning to think so...

The same survey found that nearly half of people now feel that autumn does not really begin until October, while 37.7 percent say it is November or later. Only 7.5 percent still feel that autumn starts in September, and 7.1 percent say there is almost no time when autumn feels like autumn at all. That lines up with what many of us experience year to year. Certainly in my area, September still feels like full summer, and by the time temperatures finally drop, winter isn't far behind.

The survey also showed how this shift affects daily life. More than 70 percent of people said they had not consciously done any traditionally autumny activities at all, such as seasonal eating, fashion, or leaf viewing. Even in early autumn, people are still planning summer-style outings. Day trips, barbecues, camping, and festivals remain popular well into the supposed fall period. Add to that the record-breaking September heat reported by the Japan Meteorological Agency this year, and the picture becomes clearer.

Do you agree with this assessment, that it's beginning to feel a lot like long summers, long winters, and not a lot of "sweet spot" time in between?