Wakkanai, Hokkaido｜Japan Walking Tour【4K】 

I arrived in Wakkanai on New Years day 1956. We were met at the RTO by a military track vehicle pulling a sled type trailer. We loaded our gear into the trailer and headed toward the USAF air station north of town. The snow was at least six feet deep and our track vehicle zipped along on top of the snow as the road was never plowed to the pavement. Upon arriving at the air station I asked why this military installation wasn't surrounded by chain link fence. The guard at the spot where the gate was replied that there was a fence but it was currently buried in the snow. His gate shack which was about 4 X 4 feet was lifted daily to be on top of the snow. It continued to snow until about April. I lived on the second story of a barracks and snow was at my window sill. The school children built snow animals in the school yard that were as large as a military truck. They also skied down on the hills located just behind the school buildings. Downtown had one main street that served as a commercial way for trucks, buses and horse drawn wagons. All stores were just shops and eateries were even smaller. There was a movie house that had heating pipes for your feet and allowed smoking and drinking while watching a movie. The merchants were friendly but didn't speak much English so I learned Japanese in a hurry. I remained in Wakkanai until mid November 1956 just as the snow season was beginning. I have fond memories of Wakkanai, it was an experience that I'll never forget.

Nice virtual tour especially such an unnormal situation impacted by COVID-19. This video makes me feel as if I were there! Appreciate your good work!

One of my favourite cities in Hokkaido, it just seems so cozy and has everything you need in a Japanese small city like shops, cafes, izakayas , restaurants and even a nice cinema. And mixed in with beautiful nature for camping trips and hanging out by the sea

Really miss this place😢 2016,2017,2018,before covid

That’s good. Spent a few days in Wakkani in February ‘23 after catching train up from Sapporo and stayed at the Surfeel Hotel. Had a great room looking out over the port and beyond. Could just sit and watch the ever changing weather rolling in all day but explored town and its excellent and friendly museum and caught the bus up to Cape Soya. The sky cleared and we could see Sakhalin in the distance across the ice floes. It was a bit chilly at -25C. Have never seen so much snow in fact whilst we were in Wakkanai and that snow made the place look a little more attractive than this video shows in my opinion. But it does look warmer and easier to get around! We wandered up through town in snow showers to a great little Nepalese Curry house on our first evening - amazing food - and then had a great steak and bottle of red at Vin Restaurant the next. Will definitely go back and this video makes me think that it will be quite soon. Thank you.

Every summer ,2016-2018 sailing ferry wakkanai-korsakov,quiet city and lot of memories during working there Thank for upload this video

Thank you for bringing back the memories. Was here before covid hits in 2019 during winter. Weather was harsh but made the place more zen with the snow if you will. Hopefully will be back as haven't had the chance to explore Rebun and Rishiri islands. Keep up the good work!

Hi thanks for this video. Just what i need as i will be going there first week of december for 3 nights.

I went there 4 years ago and love the way of slow life. Next time plan to stay at Rishiri for 2-3 nights.

Is it a good vacation spot? Perhaps to have a small break from the high energy of Tokyo for a while?

I wonder if Johnson Air Base still exists there ? I was born there in April 1959 . My dad was stationed there. Returned there in 1965

so quite, i loved it

Hello I’m ever been visit in there wakkanai. Really cold

a cidade mais ao norte do Japão, onde teoricamente terminam todas as linhas da JR. e em um dia de céu limpo e azul, dá pra ver a Rússia ao longe. existem várias cidades interessantes no Japão, mas Wakkanai é um ponto de referência, assim como a ilha de Yonaguni em Okinawa, o ponto mais a oeste, e também a cidade de Nemuro, o ponto mais ao leste. estava esperando ansioso para ver você filmar Wakkanai, esse vídeo vai virar referência para japonês e estrangeiros. parabéns pelo belo trabalho. 👍

왓카나이는 아직 가보지 못했습니다 너무 자세한 영상 ㅎㅎㅎ 마치 여행가는 분위기네요. 😉👍 고맙습니다

Hello my new friend. I come to watch and make friend with you from Newport Beach the US 🇺🇲

Do you know why the ferry was suspended between the Russian island?

First of all, I wanna say I LOVE JAPAN! but unfortunately, I can't go anywhere cuz I'm a stateless refugee who doesn't have permission for travel. I asked myself what is the most northern city in Japan? And then watched google Maps and founded Wakkanai! And then I searched on youtube to find a video about that. So I found your walking tour video! Thank you for sharing this .Very High quality and well video.

...and also here (09:57 e.g.) some really run down houses, the city doesn't look very clean or well maintained, some of the side streets looked really sketchy 😱😖😟☹😕🤔

Kok sepi yo nang kono?

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city looks a bit deserted

Я впервые там убил

5.10 на этом старый город вакканай в 90е там все моряки гасились там раньше всё длярусских было магазины кабаки чисто русский район в 2000х закрылся потому что мало стало заходить русских параходов а сейчас вообще загнулся