Cape Noshappu ( / Noshappu-misaki) is a cape near

Cape Sōya is the northernmost point of the island of Hokkaidō, Japan. It is situated in Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Wakkanai, Sōya Subprefecture. The is at the cape, although the true List of extreme points of Japan, northernmost point under Japanese control ...

in the north of Hokkaido island, Japan and located in

Wakkanai file:Wakkanai city office.JPG, 290px, Wakkanai City Hall file:Wakkanai shore.jpg, 290px, Shore of Wakkanai is a Cities of Japan, city located in Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Wakkanai is the capital of Sōya Subprefecture. Situated approx ...

, Sōya Subprefecture. Facing

Sōya strait Soya may refer to: Food * Soya bean, or soybean, a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean * Soya sauce, see soy sauce, a fermented sauce made from soybeans, roasted grain, water and salt Places * Sōya District, ...

, it separates Sea of Japan and

Sōya Bay is a bay on the north coast of Hokkaidō, Japan. It is demarcated by Cape Sōya to the east and Cape Noshappu to the west, with Wakkanai file:Wakkanai city office.JPG, 290px, Wakkanai City Hall file:Wakkanai shore.jpg, 290px, Shore of Wakkana ...

. In etymology, the name origins from "ノッサㇺ（not-sam）" in

Ainu language Ainu (, ), or more precisely Hokkaido Ainu (), is a language spoken by a few elderly members of the Ainu people on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. It is a member of the Ainu language family, itself considered a language family isola ...

. Wakkanai Lighthouse is located approaching the cape, and

Rishiri Island is a volcanic island in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan. Administratively the island is part of Hokkaido Prefecture, and is divided between two towns, Rishiri and Rishirifuji. The island is formed by the cone-shaped extinct ...

and

Rebun Island is an island in the Sea of Japan off the northwestern tip of Hokkaidō, Japan. The island sits off the coast of Hokkaidō. Rebun stretches from north to south and from east to west. The island covers approximately . Rebun Island is located ...

are visible when clear. Esandomari Fishing Port Park (恵山泊漁港公園) lies in southwest of the cape and Wakkanai Municipal Noshappu Current Aquarium (稚内市立ノシャップ寒流水族館) is nearby.

Gallery

File:Rishiri Fuji seen from noshappu-cape 野寒布岬から見る利尻富士6240577.jpg, Rishiri Fuji seen from noshappu-cape File:Wakkanai Noshappu Cape 1.JPG, Noshappu Cape in early summer File:NoshappuCape.JPG, in Esandomari Fishing Port Park File:CapeNoshappu Hokkaido Japan AUG2010.jpg, the cape in Aug 2010

References

{{reflist Geography of Hokkaido