Theres an island overrun with bunnies in japan, and of course we. She worked very hard to do everything i asked and more. The rabbit island of okunoshima is in the hiroshima prefecture and although it is still some distance from osaka it is definitely closer than tokyo. Okunoshima island japans island of bunnies pictures. Now, its known as rabbit island, home to hundreds of cute bunnies. Okunoshima is a small japanese island, located in the inland sea of japan, in the hiroshima prefecture. The dark history behind okunoshima, japans rabbit island. Bunny island japan japans rabbit island okunoshima travel today were exploring japan s rabbit island, okunoshima. Bunny island and other awesome japanese attractions for animal. Exploring japans rabbit island everything you need to.
Read on to find out everything you need to know to plan a trip to japan s rabbit island. The story behind the bunnies of japans bunny island. If youre planning on going, i have a few suggestions. The island of okunoshima in japan was once a secret test site for chemical warfare. Arrive on rabbit island, an animal lovers paradise. If you come to the rabbit island with children, they will be definitely grateful for this trip and will remember it for a long time. Rabbit island, japan tourists queue up to be smothered in cute. Japan s rabbit island in hiroshima is absolutely covered in rabbits.
The spectacular scenery makes it a pleasant day trip destination from hiroshima or okayama. Viral videos are destroying japans supercute rabbit island. Okunoshima, otherwise known as rabbit island, is three kilometers away from tadanoumi port and a 12minute journey by boat. Japan has an island full of rabbits but this small. Mar 21, 2017 its a small island in the seto inland sea called s. The first things to do on your itinerary when you arrive in hiroshima are going to be getting a good view of itsukushima shrines giant torii gate and savoring a meal of large hiroshima oysters. Many rabbits who live on the island are descended from rabbits intentionally let loose when the island was developed as a park after world war ii. If you have a couple of days in hiroshima prefecture i would put this in my top three places to visit. Thousands of bunnies chillin on japans rabbit island.
There are no human residents on this island, but there are over 1,000 rabbits. The island has become a tourist attraction in recent years for its two major draws. Okunoshima is a small island located in the inland sea of japan, in hiroshima prefecture. Its not due to the shape of this island that it got the nickname of rabbit island but because it is completely overrun with the cute, fluffy bunnies. Alternatively, take a short ferry trip from okunoshima to omishima island and join the famous shimanami kaido bike ride all the way to shikoku to experience more of japan s best coastal scenery. The reason for the healthy population dates back to wwii when the island was used to produce chemicals to be used in combat like poison gas. Like rabbit island, cat island s namesake animal significantly outnumbers humans in population, although in the case of cat island its due to japan s ongoing demographic crisis, rather than chemical weapons. Apr 18, 2014 japans cat island and rabbit island are charming enough, but are not especially worth the effort it takes to reach both of them from their closest cities. Okunojima, also known as rabbit island, is an adorable and fascinating place filled with rabbits.
The small island, which is also known as rabbit island. The rumors suggest that either the rabbits are the descendants of rabbits used to test the poison gas on, or they are descendants of pet rabbits released on the island. Sunlight was streaming in through a tiny gap between the curtains of our hotel room in hiroshima. Rabbit island attracts petloving tourists despite its dark past although it once housed poison gas factories, japan s small island of okunoshima is now home to hundreds of friendly bunnies. Tourists are overcome with rabbits while on a trip to rabbit island in japan. Directions to okunoshima rabbit island okunoshima island. Loved rabbit island and was able to stop at had a wonderful day with mayumi. The dark story behind japans wwii rabbit island april 4, 2017 jack beckett okunoshima is a lovely piece of land located in the inland sea of japan that is known as the rabbit island because of the hundreds of rabbits living there. At first glance, its one of the most kawaii places weve ever seen and an easy day trip from hiroshima but it conceals a dark secret. We visited this island from hiroshima, drove to takehara and changed the train in mihara. Uninhabited now, there are the remains of a house on the northern shore, and seaweed was once gathered around its shores. Windshield guru is one of the largest windshield replacement companies in the nation, and can certainly replace your volkswagen rabbit windshield. Okunoshima takehara rabbit island in japan youtube.
Theres an island in japan that is covered in cute fluffy bunny rabbits and solemn military ruins. Mar 27, 2017 how to get to rabbit island from hiroshima. Today, the island has been reborn as a tourist attraction and is called us agi jima or rabbit island, thanks to its population of wild rabbits. The island was originally a wwii gas manufacturing plant. My 30th birthday on japans rabbit island lines of escape. Located in eastern hiroshima, rabbit island is a small enclave occupied by hundreds of wild rabbits that roam the. Okunoshima island takehara 2020 all you need to know. The island often called usagi jima or rabbit island is famous for its rabbit population that has. Sep 09, 2017 have you ever heard of okunoshima, japans rabbit island. Okunoshima is a small island in japan s inland sea. Its already in an outoftheway region of the country, and with no connecting bridges, the only way to get there is by boat.
Rabbit island is japans bunnyfilled draw for tourists photos, video 1 10. If youre not sure what to do after that, well introduce you to a place in hiroshima where you can spend time with some cute little critters. Its a small island in the seto inland sea called okunoshima, two miles off the coast of the japanese city of takehara, in hiroshima prefecture. Its a small island in the seto inland sea called s. My 30th birthday on japans rabbit island sunlight was streaming in through a tiny gap between the curtains of our hotel room in hiroshima. Volkswagen auto glass repaired or replaced windshield guru. By continuing to use this site you agree to our use of cookies, which allow you to sign in and manage your account, and add items to your cart. You can bring your own bike if you like and if you are coming by car you can park it once you get on the island. Enjoy camping, swimming or bike riding around the island. Would it be possible to go to rabbit island and back to hiroshima on the same day. Heres howand whetherto visit japans cat island and rabbit. Its called rabbit island because of the thousands of feral rabbits that roam the land. Youtube videos of the resort islands famous rabbits are attracting thousands of tourists, who are killing the very things that they love.
The mysterious bunny island of japan mysterious universe. Japan once tested poison gas on rabbits on this secret island. Sep 03, 2015 japan s rabbit island in hiroshima is absolutely covered in rabbits. Feb 24, 2014 okunoshima is a small island located in the inland sea of japan, in hiroshima prefecture. Print of usa, hawaii, oahu, makapuu beach, turtle and rabbit islands. Today, there is a huge kawaii appeal to rabbit island. Have you ever heard of okunoshima, japans rabbit island. Rabbit island okunoshima okunoshima is a small island between hiroshima and shikoku famous for its friendly rabbits and poison gas factory ruins. On this tour, ride the ferry out to bunny island from tadanoumi port, rent a bike to explore the island optional, watch the rabbits, and learn how the island. Okunoshima is a lovely piece of land located in the inland sea of japan that is known as the rabbit island because of the hundreds of rabbits living there. Jun 08, 2014 okunojima, also known as rabbit island, is an adorable and fascinating place filled with rabbits.
Okunoshima isnt easy to get to, but thats why theres an entire chunk of land off the coast of japan where adorable bunnies run free, without fear of being eaten or, obviously, having their natural urges curbed in any way. Read on to find out everything you need to know to plan a trip to japans rabbit island. Thanks to the fluffy creatures, okunoshima is a popular tourist attraction. Bunny island is named for its large population of wild rabbits and is an around 2hour journey from hiroshima. As a result, unless you have a lot of free time on your japan trip, or you simply have your heart set on visiting these places, id probably recommend against going to cat island japan.
This seems to be the only way to get to and from rabbit island. Rabbit island lies just off myross in west cork, near union hall. There are a lot of rabbits around which you can feed. And as the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually i became aware of the old island here that flowered once for dutch sailors eyes a fresh, green breast of the new world. Visitors to this japanese island are more than willing to allow the rabbits to. Though this was not the most direct route by any means, the road ran alongside the coast, offering some great views even through sporadic porttown cloudbursts. Heres howand whetherto visit japans cat island and. Its only a 15 min ride from tadanoumi port to okunoshima bunny island. But beneath the cuteness the island holds a surprising and dark secret.
These days, though, its most often referred to by its nickname usagi jima, which translates to rabbit island and is so named for the hundreds of feral rabbits that call it home. Okunoshima, japans rabbit island the crowded planet. Apr 02, 2017 okunoshima is often referred to by its nickname, usagi jima rabbit island in english. Apr 02, 2017 tourists feed carrots to a group of rabbits as they stand in front of a former power plant at okunoshima, or rabbit island, japan. Whats special about this place is that it is completely crawling with rabbits a bunny. Okunoshima is a small island tucked away off the coast of japan and. This is the bizarre moment tourists were smothered by dozens of bouncing bunnies during a trip to rabbit island in japan. Japan s rabbit island a charming place with a dark past. Lying just off the coast of hiroshima, japan, in the inland sea is a tiny island that at first glance may seem rather nondescript and not much different from many of the other small islands scattered about japan, mundane even. Photo credit the rabbits that survived the testing and settled on the island provide a muchneeded counterbalance to the islands dark history. The link to this photo or video may be broken, or the post may have. We went to rabbit island and talked a lot on the way over and back. What time the last ferry from rabbit island will be back to. Like most mornings, my first physical instinct was to reach for my phone, which i blearily looked at, wincing at the toobright digital display as the screen came to life.
The easiest way to travel japan is by train, so my recommendations on how to get to rabbit island will all focus on train travel. Okunoshima is often referred to by its nickname, usagi jima rabbit island in english. Japans rabbit island a charming place with a dark past. This island is so beautiful and you have a feeling like in the caribbean. Rabbit island hiroshima private tours triplelights. Aug 16, 2012 rabbit island attracts petloving tourists despite its dark past although it once housed poison gas factories, japans small island of okunoshima is now home to hundreds of friendly bunnies. How to get to rabbit island in japan sylvies suitcase. The island of okunoshima, nicknamed rabbit island, was used for poison. Four hours from nagano, via several trainsa window seat is a must, with beautiful. May 03, 2017 the filmmakers of beat down boogie traveled to the famous japanese island of okunoshima, known more colloquially as rabbit island usagi jima, and captured the adorable animals at play, at rest and interacting with people of all ages. Submitted by david soka and fisnik rushiti, madison, wisconsin. The videos from japan s okunoshima island are undeniably cute. If you prefer livelier backing try the below vimeo link. Okunoshima, also known as rabbit island, is a small island between shikoku and honshu.
One of the things i really wanted to do when we went to japan was visiting cat island. Jul 14, 2016 the videos from japans okunoshima island are undeniably cute. While technically part of hiroshima prefecture, it is also quite close to ehime prefecture. Rabbit we will help you find the exact windshield for your volkswagen rabbit at the lowest price around. Mar 23, 2017 the dark history of japans rabbit island. Okunoshima island takehara all you need to know before. Japan has an island full of rabbits but this small island. Located just offshore the city of takehara in southern japan, the little okunoshima island. How much it cost to take a small ferry from hiroshima to okunoshima return.
Dozens of fluffy, unbelievable cute bunnies will be eating from your hands, and jumping all over you, when you lie down. Mar 29, 2018 exclusive tour of rabbit island japan by a bunny expert duration. But those viral videos, which have inspired thousands of people to visit the socalled rabbit island over the. Ok, so from hiroshima station you want to head to tadanoumi station. A trip up river annan south west scotland to rabbit island.
Rabbit island attracts petloving tourists despite its dark. A grim military past on japans cuddly rabbit island. In some ways, the island of okunoshima, in western japans setonaikai inland sea, seems like a terrible vacation spot. Rabbit island attracts petloving tourists despite its. Okunoshima is a small island tucked away off the coast of japan and is home to hundreds of wild rabbits.
Travel insider okunoshima is japans rabbit island facebook. To go there take a train to tadanoumi followed by a ferry ride. If your squeemeter isnt totally burnt out after fox village, it certainly will be, after we check out bunny island. After we arrived in tadanoumi, we had a 5 minute walk to the ferry. Unfortunately, i found the number of cats on cat island to have been overstated, just as rabbits on rabbit island had been. But those viral videos, which have inspired thousands of people to visit the socalled rabbit island over the past two years, hold a dark secret. The dark history of japans rabbit island travel smithsonian. Features on discovering modern japan and japanese culture, including travel tips, things to do.
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