After all, Cape Soya itself the most northerly point on Japan’s main islands, and the tiny island of Bentenjima, easily viewed directly off Cape Soya’s coast, is the absolute most northerly spot in uncontested Japan. And yet, this nearby landmass is not part of Japan. The island, foreboding in its size, would hardly seem that distant – indeed, only 27 miles separates it from where you would be standing.
If, on one of those rare days of clear sky on Hokkaido, you were to head down to Cape Soya near the city of Wakkanai and stare northward across the waters of La Pérouse Strait, you might just catch a glimpse of a large landmass shimmering in the haze. “The northern terminus of Japan…here a northward drifting people comes to a full-stop.”
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