At Wakkanai Park, remember those repatriated from Karafuto (Sakhalin) at the end of the war.
The "Hyosetsu Gate" cenotaph to the Karafuto islanders
This park, set on a high plateau,
offers not only a lovely ocean view, but also hosts Hyosetsu Gate and the 9 Maidens Monument by sculptor Shin Hongo,
a monument to the Sakhalin Huskies who helped in Antarctic exploration, and the Tanka no Michi poetry path.
Get closer to history in national border-town Wakkanai.
Click here for details of the film “Antarctica” and the story of the 9 maidens
- Wakkanai Park
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- Approx. 10 min. by car from JR Wakkanai Station
(Road closed between Nov. and Apr.)
- Approx. 10 min. by car from JR Wakkanai Station
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