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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Shaklan July 2, 1989 Palomar E. F. Helin URS 20 km MPC · JPL 5960 Wakkanai 1989 US Wakkanai October 21, 1989 Kagoshima M. Mukai, M. Takeishi FLO 4.7 km MPC ·...

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

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...

engineer and instrumental for the NEAT program MPC · 5959 5960 Wakkanai 1989 US Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan MPC · 5960 5961 Watt 1989 YH1 James Watt (1736–1819)...

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...

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...

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)...

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

Chihaku kōro) was a ferry service in operation from 1923 to 1945 between Wakkanai in north Hokkaidō, Japan and Ōdomari, now Korsakov, in what was then Karafuto...

1947-10-01 [216] Tomakomai 苫小牧市  Hokkaido 173,761 561.49 309 1948-04-01 [217] Wakkanai 稚内市  Hokkaido 37,911 760.83 49.8 1949-04-01 [218] Bibai 美唄市  Hokkaido 25...

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)...

The Sōya (宗谷) is a limited express train service between Sapporo and Wakkanai in Hokkaido, which is operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (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...

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...