01367 ／ おくしりちょう
Hokkaido 奥尻郡A pot-handle rock stands in the sea.
Nabetsuru Rock, Scenic Beauty01 ／ Lighthouse
Cape Inaho lies at the northern end of Okushiri Island. The town's chronology records that construction of the Inaho lighthouse began on 22 March 1889, that Cape Inaho Lighthouse was completed on 30 November 1891, and that it began shining on 1 December.
02 ／ Mottate Rock
According to the town's tourism page, island folklore says Mottate Rock once stood beside Nabetsuru Rock and was called the Married Couple Rock. One day, craving abalone, it "strayed" to the west coast. It is a granite rock in Yuhama.
03 ／ Shell mound
The Aonae site lies on a terrace at the island's southern end, and its Satsumon-period shell mound is estimated to date from about the 11th to 12th century. About 80% of the shell mound finds were abalone shells, along with bone and antler tools. The 119 tools and pottery pieces were designated in 2017 as a Hokkaido tangible cultural property.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot September–October 2022)Shot 1974–78
Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））
Living here
According to the town, about 71.4% of the island's 142.99 km² is woodland, and over 60% of that is covered by primeval beech forest. The town explains that these water-retaining beech hills let it be the only island in Hokkaido growing rice, and that its rivers almost never run dry.
−10.4% since 2015
4,301 → 2,410
20.75km² of it habitable
2024
2.0 people per household
2020
16.6 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
Shape
North to south
27.2km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.
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