Wakkanai [city] - Wakkanai

Japanese: 稚内[市] - わっかない
Wakkanai [city] - Wakkanai
Located in northern Hokkaido, across the Soya Strait, Wakkanai is the northernmost city in Japan, separated from Sakhalin by the Soya Strait. It was incorporated as a city in 1949. It is the location of the Soya General Subprefectural Bureau. The Soya Main Line runs through the city. Wakkanai prospered from herring fishing in the mid-Meiji period, and after the opening of the Soya Main Line in 1922, regular shipping routes to Sakhalin were opened and the city developed. After World War II, the city lost contact with Sakhalin. In 1991, the city established a friendship city with Korsakov City in Sakhalin Oblast, and regular shipping routes were resumed in 1995, but were discontinued in 2015. It is the base for bottom trawl fishing in Western Kamchatka and Primorsky Krai, and is also a popular seafood processing center for canned crabs and chikuwa. Cape Soya and Cape Noshappu jut out into the Soya Strait, and the west coast belongs to the Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park. Wakkanai Airport has flights to Tokyo, New Chitose, and other destinations, and jet planes have been in service since 1987. Ferries are available to Rishiri Island and Rebun Island. 761.47 km2 . 39,595 people (2010).
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Japanese:
北海道北部,宗谷海峡を隔ててサハリンに対する日本最北端の市。1949年市制。宗谷総合振興局所在地。宗谷本線が通じる。明治時代の中期からニシン漁で栄え,1922年宗谷本線の開通後はサハリンとの定期航路も開かれて発展した。第2次大戦後はサハリンとの交流を失った。1991年サハリン州コルサコフ市と友好都市を結び,1995年には定期航路が再開されたが,2015年に取りやめとなった。西カムチャツカ,沿海州などの底引網漁業の基地で,カニ缶詰やちくわなどの水産加工も盛ん。宗谷岬,野寒布(のしゃっぷ)岬が宗谷海峡に突出,西海岸は利尻礼文サロベツ国立公園に属する。稚内空港は東京,新千歳などへの便があり,1987年からジェット機も就航している。利尻島・礼文島へフェリーが就航している。761.47km2。3万9595人(2010)。
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