Wakkanai Airport is an airport located 10 km (6.2 mi) east southeast of Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan.
Wakkanai Airport
Wakkanai is a city located in Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital of Sōya Subprefecture. It contains Japan's northernmost point, Cape Sōya, from which the Russian island of Sakhalin can be seen.
Clockwise from top: View of Wakkanai from Wakkanai Park, Cape Sōya monument, Wakkanai Lighthouse in Cape Nossapu, Wakkanai Train Station, North Breakwater Dome, Cape Sōya Wind Farm, Wakkanai Ice Snow Gate
Chihaku ferry "Aniwamaru" of Japanese Governmental Railway, touching down the north pier of Wakkanai port. Chihaku ferry had connected Wakkanai in Hokkaido and Odomari in Sakhalin, until the ferry ceased its operation in 1945.
Shore of Wakkanai
The northernmost point in Japan monument (on land) in Cape Sōya