Cape Nosappu 納沙布岬

We headed towards the extreme east of Hokkaido. This was also considered the eastermost of Japan that was open to public.

Many come here to catch the 'first' sunrise. Especially so for Japanese on New Year Day. In order to catch the sunrise, we checked into Hotel Nemuro Kaiyoutei (ホテル ねむろ海陽亭). The sunrise was about 5am. We started off around 4am. But we realised we should start off earlier, as the night sky was full of stars as well. The cape was about 30min drive away. As we drove towards our destination, we could see glow of crimson red in the far horizon. Yet when you looked into the rearview mirror, it was pitch darkness.

There was already one guy setting up his camera when we reached. After a while, about 20+ people came one after another.

Below is a video of the sunrise (初日の出)

Interestingly, the place to see the "first" sunrise is on top of Mount Fuji (富士山山頂). It has a height of 3,776m. Due to the tilt of our Earth, at ground level, there is another place Inubosaki, Chiba (千葉県の犬吠岬) that sees an earlier sunrise for 55 days in a year.


Website: https://www.city.nemuro.hokkaido.jp/lifeinfo/kakuka/suisankeizaibu/shoukoukankou/3/915.html