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Monument of the Northern-most Cape Wakkanai

Wakkanai, the Northern-most City of Japan

This city is bounded by the Sea of Okhotsk to the East and the Sea of Japan to the West. From Cape Soya you can see the Sakhalin (Karafuto) Islands 43 kilometers to the north. On a clear day you feel as if you can touch the other side and makes you forget that it belongs to Russia. Wakkanai developed with the completion of the Soya Railroad in 1922 (the former Tenpoku Line), the beginning of ferry services to the former Karafuto Islands the next year, and the completion of the Soya Honsen Railroad in 1926. Presently, Wakkanai is the focal point of the Soya district linking it with the northern-most islands of Rishiri and Rebun via the ferry and airplane.

Thanks to: Wakkanai City Tourist Office

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