Wakkanai (稚内市, Wakkanai-shi, Ainu: ヤㇺワッカナィ Yam-wakka-nay meaning "cold water river" or more literally "cold river valley") is a city located in Sōya Subprefecture...

Wakkanai Station (稚内駅, Wakkanai-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is operated by JR Hokkaido. It is the northernmost...

Wakkanai Airport (稚内空港, Wakkanai Kūkō) (IATA: WKJ, ICAO: RJCW) is an airport located 10 km (6.2 mi) east southeast of Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan. Wakkanai...

The Port of Wakkanai (稚内港) is a major port located in the Municipality of Wakkanai, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Sakhalin lies about 62.81 kilometers (39...

04 sq mi). It is the northernmost subprefecture of Japan. Wakkanai Airport is located in Wakkanai. Rishiri Airport is located in Rishirifuji, Rishiri District...

The Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held at the Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park in Wakkanai, Japan. It is...

Wakkanai Park (稚内公園, Wakkani Kōen) was established in Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1961. Covering some 45 hectares (110 acres), when combined with the...

The 2024 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup was held from August 8 to 11 at the Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park in Wakkanai, Japan. It was the third tour event...

Benten-jima (弁天島) is a small deserted island west by northwest of Cape Sōya, Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is the northernmost piece of land under Japanese control...

Hokkaido Wakkanai High School (北海道稚内高等学校, Hokkaidō Wakkanai Kōtō Gakkō) is a high school in Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan, founded in 1950. Hokkaido Wakkanai High...

Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University (稚内北星学園大学, Wakkanai hokusei gakuen daigaku), abbreviated WAKHOK, is a private university in Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan...

cape near Cape Sōya in the north of Hokkaido island, Japan and located in Wakkanai, Sōya Subprefecture. Facing Sōya strait, it separates Sea of Japan and...

Hokkaido. The line connects Asahikawa Station in Asahikawa and Wakkanai Station in Wakkanai, and is the northernmost railway line in Japan. The name comes...

museum. Three monuments dedicated to the dogs have been constructed: near Wakkanai, Hokkaido; under Tokyo Tower; and near Nagoya Port. The dogs' story was...

Ōnuma (大沼) is a low-lying lake in Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan. Its surface area of 4.67 km2 (1.80 sq mi) makes it, by this metric, the twentieth largest...

Wakkanai Karafuto Museum (稚内市樺太記念館, Wakkanai-shi Karafuto Kinenkan) opened in Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan in 2018. The display documents the history of Karafuto...

Wakkanai Lighthouse (稚内灯台, Wakkanai tōdai) is a lighthouse in the city of Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan. Rising to a height of 42.7 metres (140 ft), it is...

catch (primarily crab) was sold in Japan for hard currency, mainly in Wakkanai. Fishermen purchased Japanese electronics and used cars. This semi-illicit...

Hokumon Jinja (北門神社) is a Shinto shrine in Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan. In Tenmei 5 (1785), Matsumae Domain trader and agent Murayama Denbee (村山伝兵衛) (1738–1813)...

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Sarobetsu (サロベツ) is a limited express train service between Asahikawa and Wakkanai in Hokkaido, Japan, which is operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido)...

Minami-Wakkanai Station (南稚内駅, Minami-Wakkanai-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is operated by JR Hokkaido...

The 2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup was held from held from August 18 to 21 at the Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park in Wakkanai, Japan. It was the...

lines including the Sekihoku Main Line, Senmo Main Line, the Nayoro - Wakkanai section of the Soya Line and Kushiro - Nemuro section of the Nemuro Line...

bōhatei dōmu) is a long arched "semi-domical" structure in the port area of Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan. Rising to a height of 13.6 metres (45 ft) above the sea...

and dance is called Nanchū Sōran (南中ソーラン) and was created in 1991 at the Wakkanai Minami Junior High School. It uses the song and text of Takio Ito's Takio...

Garrison chapel in 17th-century English Tangier, and a missionary chapel in Wakkanai established by United States Forces Japan personnel. Calves' Head Club...

although very few have been listed. A yezo sika deer is running away in Wakkanai city. Yezo sika deer grazing in December near Kushiro, 2021 Wikimedia Commons...

infrastructure. Here are the current proposed figures: Breaks of gauge: in Wakkanai area, Hokkaido, 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)/1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in). Sakhalin–Hokkaido...

The 2023 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup was held from August 10 to 13 at the Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park in Wakkanai, Japan. It was the third tour...