Rebun Island

Rebun Island is a small island in the north of Japan, its elongated tip is Cape Sukhotan, the northernmost point of the country. You can get to the skeleton by ferry, which regularly sails here from the neighboring island of Rishiri and Hokkaido. The average travel time is 2 hours. A small port town, it seems almost uninhabited outside the tourist season. Restaurants, cafes and souvenir shops are buried. It's a simple, quiet, very provincial life.

Short description

The tourist season starts in mid-April and lasts until September. At this time, the island attracts thousands of nature lovers from all over Japan and other countries. Rebun Island is also called the floating island of flowers. In spring, summer and early autumn, its mountainous slopes are covered with a colorful floral blanket. A rare endemic flower, the Venus slipper, is very popular. Many Japanese people, who are great lovers of contemplating everything beautiful, come here exclusively to admire a small, pale yellow flower, very delicate and very rare. In most cases, it is almost immediately plucked by poachers, and it can only be seen in special protected glades, where its growth is protected by specialists.

For nature lovers, special hiking trails have been developed and laid on Rebun Island, all of them of different lengths and distances, each with its own small features. And all require some skill, as each has a height difference. When planning to go on a trekking trip, even if it is not long-term, it is useful to take care of the right shoes and headgear. Traveling on a clear day, you can see another island of Risiri and the volcano of the same name located 19 kilometers from Rebun Island.

Island Features

The Japanese say that Rebun Island is a real paradise for all seafood lovers, they are available here all year round. Freshly caught from the sea, they are immediately delivered to local restaurants, where they are served to tourists for a reasonable fee. Especially people praise sea urchins and claim that it is not in vain. They say that Reboon sea urchins are the most delicious in the whole world. But it's best to try them right after the catch. Local fishermen go out to sea for hedgehogs for only 40 minutes, environmental authorities no longer allow them, and they take black and white ones out of the water. The population decline is the result of active fishing and the great popularity of the seafood delicacy.

On Rebun Island, you can see large farms, where whole families are engaged in drying seaweed, from here they spread further throughout the country. Rebun Island is a small provincial island that has gained popularity among tourists due to its unusual natural features. Before you go here, do not forget to bring a camera with you, the pictures turn out to be picturesque.