The incomparable healing rabbit island-Okunoshima

#JanuaryGoodPlaces2025 #RabbitIsland #Hiroshima #Okunoshima Transportation: (Outbound) Take a ferry from Mihara Port (Mihara Port only has ferries to Ōkunoshima on Saturdays and Sundays) (Return trip) Take the ferry from Ōkunoshima Second Pier to Tadami Port Transportation fee: Mihara-Okunoshima 1600 yen, Okunoshima-Tadami 360 yen Visit time: 2024.06 The boat to Ōkunoshima is not big. It looks good on the outside but feels a bit old inside. The decoration is quite retro style. It's just like the Japanese ones, which don't look new, but you can tell that they are being tidied and maintained. There were two passengers on the boat, one was me and the other was a girl who seemed to be working on the island. There are also two grandfathers who drive boats. I don’t know if it’s because it’s an inland sea, but even though the weather was bad, there weren’t too many waves. Visually, it looks a bit wavy, but in reality, it doesn't feel shaky. The whole trip took about 40 minutes and was actually quite smooth. The boat didn't seem to be moving slowly, but there wasn't much shaking and I didn't feel seasick at all. After arriving on the island, I took the feed and started feeding along the way. The ground was wet due to the rain but the rabbits didn't mind too much and still rushed to eat all the food. In fact, there are rabbits all over the island, although the area from the pier to the rest village is the most populous. Moreover, the rabbits had dug holes of all sizes wherever there was room to dig on the entire island. When the rabbits saw me, a human being (= a walking feeder), they rushed over and were not at all shy. I walked the trail around the island. The road condition was pretty good and it took less than half an hour to walk around. From time to time, one or more little rabbits would emerge from the bushes on the roadside, looking like "Do you have any food?" The rabbits on Rabbit Island seem to have gotten used to being fed. You can feed them directly by hand. Rabbits are usually very careful and won't bite my hands. Except for a few that eat too hastily and accidentally bite when snatching. If you are squatting or sitting on the roadside, Some rabbits would be very rude and would just sit on my knees or even jump directly onto my thighs. There are no other restaurants or convenience stores on the island. All your dietary needs are handled at the cafe Usanchu in the recreation village. There aren't many items for sale but the prices are quite reasonable, and it feels similar to the ones on shore. The sales department sells a variety of very cute cookies (in packaging), as well as various cute souvenirs and postcards. There are some remains of poison gas depots from World War II on Okunoshima Island. After World War II, the poison gas and equipment were cleaned up and the poison gas was burned. There are still charred marks on the wall from the poison gas burned by flamethrowers. There is also a poison gas museum, which displays various equipment related to the production of poison gas and the effects of poison gas on the human body. You can't take pictures inside, but in short it's a place that shows how perverted humans can be. The boat back to Zhonghai is also small, with only a few seats and a very simple layout. The boat was actually moving quite fast, but there wasn't much turbulence. All of a sudden, the red pier where we had just boarded the boat appeared in the distance. To go to Rabbit Island, we departed from Mihara and the boat ride took about 40 minutes. But the return trip was to Zhonghai Port, which only took about ten minutes. It seems that most people go to Rabbit Island from Zhonghai Port. There is a special souvenir shop next to the pier of Zhonghai Port, and boat tickets can also be purchased here. All rabbit feeds are sold in Zhonghai Port, but they are very expensive. A very small package is probably the size of a red disposable plastic bowl. This package costs 200 yen. That little bit of food would be gone before you could even walk a hundred meters on the island. By the way, there is no rabbit feed for sale in Mihara Port or Okunoshima Island. If you want to be surrounded by many rabbits all the time, I personally recommend bringing your own feed. I brought three kilograms.