Kamome Island
鴎島
A coastal island in Hokkaido featuring a historic shrine, lighthouse, and ruins connected to the mainland by a sandbar.
What it is
- A small island rising twenty meters above sea level connected to the mainland by a sandbar.
- Itsukushima Shrine was established here in 1615 to protect the local area.
- Part of a Hokkaido Prefectural Natural Park with a free campsite in the northern section.
- A historic site featuring ruins of two coastal artillery batteries built in 1852.
What to see
- Heishi Rock stands ten meters tall near the entrance to the island.
- The Kamome Island Lighthouse which has been in operation since 1889.
- Senjojiki is a flat wave-eroded area located behind the island.
- Murakami Well once provided drinking water for Kitamaebune trading ships.
- Ruins of nineteenth-century artillery batteries used for coastal defense.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
Kamome Island Open in Google Maps
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