I took a walk around Wakkanai City from Wakkanai Station.
Wakkanai City is the northernmost city in Japan with a population of about 32,000.
There used to be a ferry service between Wakkanai Port and Korsakov in Sakhalin, Russia, but it has been suspended since 2019.
The North Breakwater Dome, a landmark of Wakkanai, was built in 1936 and used as a pier for railroad liaison ships connecting Hokkaido and Sakhalin.
MAP:https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?ll=45.41854320180801%2C141.68080105107282&z=16&entry=yt&mid=1gnNj1lsxDTT-ic44-fR2T7DAi4SHEA-Q
Date of recording: October 25, 2021
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a cidade mais ao norte do Japão, onde teoricamente terminam todas as linhas da JR.
e em um dia de céu limpo e azul, dá pra ver a Rússia ao longe.
existem várias cidades interessantes no Japão, mas Wakkanai é um ponto de referência, assim como a ilha de Yonaguni em Okinawa, o ponto mais a oeste, e também a cidade de Nemuro, o ponto mais ao leste.
estava esperando ansioso para ver você filmar Wakkanai, esse vídeo vai virar referência para japonês e estrangeiros.
parabéns pelo belo trabalho. 👍
Do you know why the ferry was suspended between the Russian island?
Nice virtual tour especially such an unnormal situation impacted by COVID-19. This video makes me feel as if I were there! Appreciate your good work!
One of my favourite cities in Hokkaido, it just seems so cozy and has everything you need in a Japanese small city like shops, cafes, izakayas , restaurants and even a nice cinema. And mixed in with beautiful nature for camping trips and hanging out by the sea
…and also here (09:57 e.g.) some really run down houses, the city doesn't look very clean or well maintained, some of the side streets looked really sketchy 😱😖😟☹😕🤔
왓카나이는 아직 가보지 못했습니다 너무 자세한 영상 ㅎㅎㅎ
마치 여행가는 분위기네요. 😉👍 고맙습니다
Thank you for bringing back the memories. Was here before covid hits in 2019 during winter. Weather was harsh but made the place more zen with the snow if you will. Hopefully will be back as haven't had the chance to explore Rebun and Rishiri islands. Keep up the good work!
Hello my new friend. I come to watch and make friend with you from Newport Beach the US 🇺🇲
Every summer ,2016-2018 sailing ferry wakkanai-korsakov,quiet city and lot of memories during working there
Thank for upload this video
I arrived in Wakkanai on New Years day 1956. We were met at the RTO by a military track vehicle pulling a sled type trailer. We loaded our gear into the trailer and headed toward the USAF air station north of town.
The snow was at least six feet deep and our track vehicle zipped along on top of the snow as the road was never plowed to the pavement. Upon arriving at the air station I asked why this military installation wasn't surrounded by chain link fence. The guard at the spot where the gate was replied that there was a fence but it was currently buried in the snow. His gate shack which was about 4 X 4 feet was lifted daily to be on top of the snow. It continued to snow until about April. I lived on the second story of a barracks and snow was at my window sill. The school children built snow animals in the school yard that were as large as a military truck. They also skied down on the hills located just behind the school buildings. Downtown had one main street that served as a commercial way for trucks, buses and horse drawn wagons. All stores were just shops and eateries were even smaller. There was a movie house that had heating pipes for your feet and allowed smoking and drinking while watching a movie. The merchants were friendly but didn't speak much English so I learned Japanese in a hurry. I remained in Wakkanai until mid November 1956 just as the snow season was beginning. I have fond memories of Wakkanai, it was an experience that I'll never forget.
First of all, I wanna say I LOVE JAPAN! but unfortunately, I can't go anywhere cuz I'm a stateless refugee who doesn't have permission for travel.
I asked myself what is the most northern city in Japan? And then watched google Maps and founded Wakkanai! And then I searched on youtube to find a video about that. So I found your walking tour video! Thank you for sharing this .Very High quality and well video.
Kok sepi yo nang kono?
so quite, i loved it
I went there 4 years ago and love the way of slow life. Next time plan to stay at Rishiri for 2-3 nights.
city looks a bit deserted
It’s eerie how the traffic signals fade in and out slowly. I guess they don’t have smoothing capacitors.