Shakotan, Japan

Shakotan, Japan

Shakotan, Japan spans 30 connections with 1228 other places across 8 topics, centered on nature, history, and cuisine. It holds the only designated marine sanctuary in Japan's national park system, part of the Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park. Its fisheries yield sea urchin, squid, and cod. Herring harvesting here dates to the Bakumatsu period (1853–1867), the final years of the Edo era. Shared connections run across both Tokyo and Kyoto.

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