積丹岳休憩所
The place
積丹岳休憩所 (Shakotan-dake Kyūkeisho "Mount Shakotan Rest Stop") in Hokkaidō prefecture, Furubira/Yoichi area (Shakotan Peninsula, Sea of Japan, north Hokkaidō, Japan), at 407 m elevation, on the slopes of Shakotan-dake. Continuous Japan Hokkaidō cluster (batches 260-406). Kyūkeisho rest shelter for hikers on Shakotan-dake (Shakotan-dake, 1255 m, an iconic extinct volcano + Shakotan Peninsula, an iconic 1000 km² peninsula on the Sea of Japan with scenic cliffs + Furubira, population 3,000, salmon fishing + Yoichi, population 20,000, home of the Nikka whisky distillery founded by Masataka Taketsuru in 1934, iconic first Japanese whisky + heritage of the Ainu/Japanese people of Hokkaidō (Ainu people, 20,000, with the Ainu language an endangered linguistic isolate under UNESCO + 5 M Japanese in Hokkaidō + iconic Hokkaidō heritage from the Meiji colonization era, Kaitakushi 1869, iconic Sapporo + iconic Nikka Whisky Yoichi heritage, 1934, Masataka Taketsuru and Rita Cowan's 1920 Scotland marriage, iconic + iconic Ainu heritage, Meiji forced assimilation 1899, Former Aborigines Protection Act repealed 1997 + Ainu recognized as an indigenous people on 6 June 2008 + iconic Meiji Ishin heritage, 3 January 1868, end of the shogunate + Hiroshima, 6 August 1945, 140,000 dead + Nagasaki, 9 August 1945, 74,000 dead + Fukushima, 11 March 2011, M 9.1 tsunami, 18,000 dead, an iconic triad + iconic Hokkaidō crab (kani) heritage + smoked salmon + iconic JR Hokkaidō railway heritage + iconic Sapporo beer, 1876).
The setting
Hokkaidō Furubira/Yoichi Shakotan Peninsula Sea of Japan N Hokkaidō Japan 407 m Shakotan-dake slopes, continuous cluster batches 260-406, kyūkeisho rest shelter hikers Shakotan-dake + Shakotan-dake 1255 m iconic extinct volcano + Shakotan Peninsula 1000 km² Sea of Japan iconic cliffs + Furubira 3,000 salmon fishing + Yoichi 20,000 Nikka whisky Taketsuru 1934 iconic 1st JP whisky, Ainu/Japanese Hokkaidō Ainu 20,000 Ainu language isolate UNESCO endangered + 5 M Japanese + Hokkaidō Meiji 1869 Kaitakushi Sapporo iconic + Nikka Yoichi 1934 Taketsuru Cowan Scotland marriage 1920 iconic + Ainu Meiji forced assimilation 1899 Former Aborigines Protection repealed 1997 + recognition 6 June 2008 indigenous + Meiji Ishin 3 Jan 1868 + Hiroshima 6 Aug 1945 140,000 dead + Nagasaki 9 Aug 1945 74,000 dead + Fukushima 11 Mar 2011 M 9.1 tsunami 18,000 dead iconic triad + kani crab Hokkaidō + smoked salmon + JR Hokkaidō + Sapporo beer 1876 iconic.
