{"id":2408,"date":"2022-12-19T09:12:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T01:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tee-too.com\/blog\/?p=2408"},"modified":"2022-12-13T22:09:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T14:09:47","slug":"northern-hokkaido-2018-blog-wakkanai-day-5-earthquake-iburi-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tee-too.com\/blog\/northern-hokkaido-2018-blog-wakkanai-day-5-earthquake-iburi-hits\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Hokkaido 2018 Blog :: Wakkanai :: Day 5 – Earthquake Iburi hits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We woke up and packed our stuff as today, unfortunately, was our last day in Rebun island before we depart to mainland Wakkanai to continue our journey to East Hokkaido.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we were chowing down our breakfast, the owners of Pension Uni<\/a> told us of an earthquake<\/a> which happened at night around Iburi subprefecture, pretty close to Sapporo. The extent of the damage was unknown and be ready for some transport disruption. Good news is ferry from Rebun and Wakkanai is good to go. We thanked the owners of Pension Uni for their wonderful hospitality and food. Really highly recommended place to stay in Rebun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\"Hokkaido2018-Day5-01\"<\/a>\n<\/div>
dropping their cute key at the counter, sigh. bai bai. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\"Hokkaido2018-Day5-01b\"<\/a>\n<\/div>
Patient passengers awaiting at the spacious terminal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Heartland Ferry<\/a> arrives… even their ships arrive on time<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As the Heartland Ferry<\/a> departed the port\u2026 a group from the Momoiwaso Youth Hostel<\/a> performed some fun and energetic farewell dance routine at the berthing area\u2026.. till we could see them no more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performers made up from Momoiwaso guests and staff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\"Hokkaido2018-Day5-02\"<\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\"Hokkaido2018-Day5-03\"<\/a>\n<\/div>
such a beautiful island and dig that t-shirt biker uncle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\"Hokkaido2018-Day5-04\"<\/a>\n<\/div>
beautiful ……. sky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
powering thru the mighty waves of the Sea of Japan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Overall, despite the unfortunate event, it was a very unforgetful trip to the wonderful island of Rebun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We arrived at the port of Wakkanai on time , ready to rent a car\u2026. but hmm.. something was amiss – there was no electricity at the port station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\"Hokkaido2018-Day5-07\"<\/a>\n<\/div>
traffic signal lights not working<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\"Hokkaido2018-Day5-06\"<\/a>\n<\/div>
Seicomart 24hour kombini without electricity.. not everyday you see this<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Oh no. We were still hoping that it was only there\u2026 but as we walked from the port to the train station – it was clear that there were NO electricity in the whole area. Our worst fear came true when we wanted to rent a car\u2026 everything was halted. No rental cars, no trains, no buses. No means of transport to continue our journey. Apparently the power station supporting the whole of Hokkaido was knocked out by the night earthquake<\/a>. We were stuck in Wakkanai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First thing we did was go to the Wakkanai Tourism office to see what their advise would be in this situation. She was very helpful and she made some phone calls to the nearby hotels\u2026 and she got us a hotel to stay for one night. So nice!!! If she hadn\u2019t got us a hotel, we would have to stay at a nearby school which acted as a temporary shelter for locals (I wanted to experience it but Elaine said no no no). We\u2019re one of the two foreign tourist there. The other was a solo Taiwan girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So off we go to the Wakkanai Sun Hotel<\/a> nearby and checked ourselves in. There would be no electricity or flushing but it was great we had a roof above us for now. Then, off we went for a walk around the vicinity of the hotel to become a tourist again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\"Hokkaido2018-Day5-08\"<\/a>\n<\/div>
the famous breakwater of Wakkanai<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\"Hokkaido2018-Day5-10\"<\/a>\n<\/div>
water’s edge overlooking the ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\"Hokkaido2018-Day5-09\"<\/a>\n<\/div>
Bersantai (Picnic) at the seaside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\"Hokkaido2018-Day5-14\"<\/a>\n<\/div>
Can even jaywalk across the main road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\"Hokkaido2018-Day5-15\"<\/a>\n<\/div>
Boats used for night squid catching by the pier as the sun sets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\"Hokkaido2018-Day5-12\"<\/a>\n<\/div>
We even slept at the nearby library. There were a number “homeless” people there too<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Back to Wakkanai Sun Hotel, the front reception handed out free onigiri (rice balls) and ice cream to guests as their freezer was out for the night. So nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\"Hokkaido2018-Day5-13\"<\/a>\n<\/div>
Yummy yummy ice cream for us to sapu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The quiet streets of Wakkanai got ever quieter with only a few cars passing the main road sporadically. To relief ourselves, we had to walk in the dark to nearby portable toilets setup overnight and the train station with only our hand phone lights for illumination. Geli also.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\"Hokkaido2018-Day5-16\"<\/a>\n<\/div>
Light trails just outside our hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\"Hokkaido2018-Day5-17\"<\/a>\n<\/div>
Fumi sent us a link in case we’re caught in a natural disaster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Back in the hotel room, we had our windows wide open for the cool night breeze to come in. We slept soundly after all the running around with our luggage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We woke up and packed our stuff as today, unfortunately, was our last day in Rebun island before we depart to mainland Wakkanai to continue our journey to East Hokkaido. As we were chowing down our breakfast, the owners of Pension Uni told us of an earthquake which happened at night around Iburi subprefecture, pretty … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[410,406,402,304,390,405,409,112,403,408,371,368,342,401,407],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tee-too.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Hokkaido2018-Day5-00-cover.jpg?fit=1600%2C1067","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0No-CQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2433,"url":"http:\/\/tee-too.com\/blog\/northern-hokkaido-2018-blog-wakkanai-day-7-cape-noshappu\/","url_meta":{"origin":2408,"position":0},"title":"Northern Hokkaido 2018 Blog :: Wakkanai :: Day 7 – Cape Noshappu","author":"Teetoo","date":"June 26, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"We woke up to another beautiful morning with super blue cloudless skies. 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