Rebun Island

Wonderful! Beautiful! No words to explain the beauty of this island. Very less crowd, best for spending time in solitude and relax, breath in pure fresh natural environment.

Very peaceful island, nice place to see flowers. Different hiking courses accessible even for a novice. The hotel Hanashin is a place we recommend to stay. The room is convenient, the dinner is very good, and the service very good.

Now all I can do is to include an extract from my travel diary. It was winter, lots of snow, freezing cold but we boarded a boat ferry at Wakkanai and then the diary says - Today we were away on the boat ferry to an Islands called Rishiri and Rebun. It was incredibly cold and a great way to spend the morning. Rishiri is an almost perfect volcano rising from the sea. We were lucky to get a good view of the mountain, snow covered and clouds and sun that lasted for about 30 minutes and then the snow, ice, rain and whatever set in. We got to Rebun Island and I literally raced to a store, bought two keys rings, raced back and we were on the boat again.- and then it was back to Wakkanai. I would do this trip again and again.

Rebun island is really pretty with a lot of scenic beauty, capes, sea shores, and flowers. We camped near the sea, the views were ethereal, there was a convenience store in walking distance, washrooms and common area and coin laundry at the site.

We've been here in late september 2017. We got to the ferry termial early morning and took a taxi from the termial to Kafukai, where we started trekking towards Funadomari along the western side of the island (most people go the opposite way). The views on the island are absolutely amazing. The skies and sea were blue and everything around us was colored with beautiful green. From Kafukai start walkig westwards. Once you leave the forest you will see great mountains and hills surrounding you. Continue walking until you reach a fishing village called Uennai. From there continue walking north along the Sea of Japan for about 15-20 minutes (watch out for the very sharp rocks on the shore) untill you reach a small river mouth. There you will need to climb a very steep and a bit dangerous slope. Once you reach the top there is only blue skies, lots of greenery and amazing views until you get to the northern shore of the island. I beleive the trek was around 15-18 km and it took us around six hours, includig stops to watch the view. From Funadomari we took the bus to the ferry termial and back to Wakkanai. You need to be a bit in shape for this one, but absolutely recommended.