Shimokita Peninsula
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Landsat image of Shimokita Peninsula |
The
Shimokita Peninsula (下北半島,
Shimokita-hantō) is the remote northeastern cape of the
Japanese island of
Honshu, stretching out towards
Hokkaido. Administratively the area is a part of
Aomori Prefecture.
Shaped like an axe pointing west, the peninsula has a thin "axe handle" connecting the mountainous "axe blade" to mainland. The coasts maintain a thin scattering of population but the interior is practically uninhabited.
Shimokita is best known as the site of
Mount Osore, the mythical Japanese location of the entrance to
Hell. The lush
Yagen Valley, known for its hot springs, is also located in Shimokita, as is the village of
Rokkasho, one of the proposed sites of the plasma fusion reactor
ITER.
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Location of Skimokita Peninsula |
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Wikitravel: Shimokita Peninsula
