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Read the following excerpts from paragraphs 1 and 5.

"Tourists generally visit only the eastern and southern parts of the country, where the climate is mild all the year round." (paragraph 1)
"[Echigo] is so shut off from the rest of Japan by the long Kiso range that during the early feudal days it was considered by the Government only a frozen outpost suitable as a place of exile for offenders" (paragraph 5)

How do the points of these two excerpts connect to each other?

These points connect because they both _____________
A: explain that tourists try to spend little time in Echigo.
B: highlight the opinions that outsiders hold toward Echigo.
C: share reasons why government officials refuse to visit Echigo.
D: describes Echigo as a region suitable only for people who were born there.