Abashiri Prison is a prison in Abashiri, Hokkaido Prefecture that opened in 1890. The northernmost prison in Japan, it is located near the Abashiri River and east of Mount Tento. It holds inmates with sentences of less than ten years. Older parts of the prison were relocated to the base of Mount Tento in 1983, where they operate as the country's only prison museum.
Abashiri Prison
Abashiri Prison in June 2010.
The inside of the original prison house, one of the Important Cultural Properties at the Abashiri Prison Museum, 2013
Abashiri is a city located in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
Top:Panorama view of Mount Tento and Lake Abashiri, Second:Abashiri Prison Museum, View of salicornia europaea in Lake Notoro, Third:View of drift ice in Okhotsk Sea, Ainu Moyoro Midden Ruin Park, Bottom:Panorama view of downtown Abashiri (all item from left to right)
Abashiri Prison
Drift ice off Abashiri
Abashiri's sightseeing ship & icebreaker Aurora II