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01518 ／りしりちょう

Hokkaido 利尻郡

Rishiri Town

Old lava became strange seaside rocks.

Senhoshi Misaki Park, lava rocks

Photo by OKJaguar (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Rishiri Kirin-jishi

A lost kirin lion dancewas revived by residents.

Kirin-jishi is a performing art handed down in one district of Senhoshi. According to the town's article, a man from Tottori Prefecture danced it until 1918, when it ceased. In 2004 residents researched it and revived it. It is danced each June 20 at the shrine.

Ceased after 1918
2004: revived by local residents
June 20 at the shrine (town article)

02 ／ North Itsukushima Benten Shrine

A shrine said to be builtin thanks for a saved ship.

North Itsukushima Benten Shrine in Rishiri Town — Photo by ブルーノ・プラス (CC BY-SA 4.0)

This Benten shrine stands in Senhoshi on Rishiri's west coast. It is said that Benten saved a cargo ship about to be smashed on the rocks in a storm, and grateful seamen built the shrine. The rock is called Dragon God Rock, and a red torii gate stands on it.

Senhoshi district
On Dragon God Rock
Legend of a saved ship

03 ／ Kutsugata Misaki Park

Around the lava stones,shore flowers bloom by season.

At the tip of Kutsugata, shore plants such as black lily, day lily, rugosa rose and Kamchatka geranium bloom season by season around distinctive lava stones. A lyricist from the town has a poem monument here, and locals call the cape Donto Misaki after his lyrics.

Around May: black lily
Around June: day lily and rugosa rose
Around July: Kamchatka geranium

Rishiri Town from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot July–August 2017)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））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

No station in town; the town office is the gateway.

about 2,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in town, and the gateway is the town office. In Heartland Ferry's 2026 timetable, ferries from Wakkanai arrive at Oshidomari (Rishirifuji Town); Kutsugata Port is served only by a June 1 to September 30 round trip with Kafuka (Rebun Town).

People living here: 2,004people
Area: 76.5km²
Households: 1,037households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 1 clinic

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —2 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

Shape

Borders 1 municipalities.

Rishiri Town in Japan45.187°N 141.140°E

Territory of Rishiri Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

14.2km

Rishirifuji Town

Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.

Rishiri Town isthis kind of town.

01Senhoshi Misaki Park is a nature park at the southern tip of Rishiri Island, where the shore has many strange rocks made of lava from an eruption long ago
02The kirin lion dance of a Senhoshi district ceased after 1918 and was revived by residents in 2004. In Senhoshi stands a Benten shrine said to have been built in thanks for a saved ship
03There is no railway station in town; ferries from Wakkanai arrive at Oshidomari (Rishirifuji Town). The gateway is the town office

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Rishiri Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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