Wakkanai
Worth seeing in and around Wakkanai
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Hokumon Shrine
Hokumon Jinja is a Shinto shrine in Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan. In Tenmei 5, Matsumae Domain trader and agent Murayama Denbee is said to have founded the small shrine of Sōya Daijingū, enshrining Amaterasu as guardian of the north gate.
1.2 km · Shinto shrine in Hokkaido, Japan · Wikipedia - 02Wakkanai Breakwater Dome
The North Breakwater Dome is a long arched "semi-domical" structure in the port area of Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan. Rising to a height of 13.6 metres above the sea and extending some 427 metres, with seventy columns, an intercolumniation of 6 metres, and a width from column to wall of 8 metres, the form, inspired by a Roman arcade, is said to be without parallel.
1.3 km · building in Hokkaidō, Japan · Wikipedia - 03Wakkanai Park
Wakkanai Park was established in Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1961. Covering some 45 hectares, when combined with the adjacent Forest Park, there is total area of approximately 100 hectares for "citizens to relax".
1.3 km · wakkanai Park is a park in Wakkanai, Hokkaido · Wikipedia - 04Wakkanai Karafuto Museum
Wakkanai Karafuto Museum opened in Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan in 2018. The display documents the history of Karafuto and its connections with the area and includes materials relating to the Chihaku ferry.
300 m · building in Hokkaidō, Japan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Wakkanai
- Airports
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (UUS), 183 km · New Chitose (CTS), 293 km
- Stations
- Wakkanai Station, 900 m · Minami-Wakkanai Station, 1.4 km · Port of Wakkanai, 600 m
- Sapporo → Wakkanai262 km · quickest by road, 4h 46m · ¥3,430–4,680
- Hakodate → Wakkanai411 km · quickest by road, 8h 36m · ¥6,150–8,350
- Aomori → Wakkanai516 km · quickest by road, 13h 1m · ¥8,100–11,050
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- Get inThe ferry terminal, directly east of the train station, hosts frequent (in summer) connections to the National Park islands of Rebun and Rishiri; there are also a few shops and restaurants and a tourist information desk in the building.
- Get inAll ferries out of Wakkanai are operated by the Heartland Ferry Company.
- Get inThe Korsakov-Wakkanai ferry route to Sakhalin Island, Russia, has been indefinitely suspended since 2019 (Mar 2025).
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