cape soya

wakkanai 03/03-04/03

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March 4th 2008
This city even more remote than abashiri and 7 hours more to the nortth is japans most northern city. With coincidence i met a japanese guy with car who offered me a ride to th ecape soya, the most northern cape of japan. A little bit touristic, but a very nice scenery. The driver insisted to bring me back to wakkanai train station, about 40 km and i took the train to sapporo. In here i will stay ... read more

Asia » Japan » Hokkaido

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more