is located on the western part of
Shakotan,
Hokkaido
is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel.
The la ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. Its lighthouse, the
Cape Kamui Lighthouse, overlooks the Sea of Japan. An
earthquake
An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from ...
off the cape on 2 August 1940 resulted in a
tsunami
A tsunami ( ; from ja, 津波, lit=harbour wave, ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explo ...
that killed ten people.
Gallery
File:130823 Cape Kamui Shakotan Hokkaido Japan08s3.jpg, East bank
File:130823 Cape Kamui Shakotan Hokkaido Japan14s3.jpg, West bank
File:kamui gate.jpg, Entrance
File:Radar at Cape Kamui 01.jpg, Radio tower
File:P7030384.JPG, Cape Kamui Lighthouse
See also
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Kamui
A ''kamuy'' ( ain, カムィ; ja, カムイ, kamui) is a spiritual or divine being in Ainu mythology, a term denoting a supernatural entity composed of or possessing spiritual energy.
The Ainu people have many myths about the ''kamuy'', passed ...
Landforms of Hokkaido
Hokkaido Heritage
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