Place names・Hokkaido

WakkanaiWakkanai

Also known as: 稚内

Hokkaido's northernmost city. It holds Cape Soya, the northernmost point of Japan, and offshore in the Japan Sea lie the islands of Rishiri and Rebun. Its name is also a hard-to-read place name derived from Ainu.

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