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Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park ニセコ積丹小樽海岸国定公園 is a quasi-national park in the Shiribeshi Subprefecture of Hokkaidō, Japan. On the coast of the Sea of Japan, there is a Marine Protected Area covering the west and north coast of Shakotan peninsula from Kamoenai to Otaru.
Cape Kamui 神威岬 on Hokkaido’s Shakotan peninsula, is great stop for any sightseer. From the parking lot, a maze of trails weaves its way to a series of viewpoints overlooking the Sea of Japan.
Legandary Kamui Rock is believed to actually be a broken-hearted young girl who threw herself into the sea and turned to stone long ago.
Shakotan was founded in 1869 as part of the short-lived Shiribeshi Province, which was dissolved in 1882 to become Hokkaido. Shakotan, along with neighboring Otaru, is home to Japan’s only national-level marine sanctuary. Shakotan is home to the three great capes of the Shakotan Peninsula: Kamui, Shakotan, and Ōgon.
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