What is the Japanese "Rabbit Island" that I heard on the Internet?

Many people may have seen the news of Rabbit Island on the Internet, but I'm afraid I don't have much idea about where it is and how to get there, just like me.

As for how many rabbits can you see? I can tell you responsibly when I first came back from the experience: on this small island that only surrounds 4 kilometers a week, there are thousands of things in MengMeng that live in nature and are alive and kicking in the original ecology. The most important thing is: both! Don't! Afraid! People! !

It's amazing to be pushed around by a group of rabbits. ω?

The official name of Rabbit Island is "Ono Island", which is located in Zhonghai Town, Takehara, Island Prefecture, Japan, and floats about 3 kilometers offshore in the Seto Inland Sea (between Honshu and Shikoku).

So if you go, starting from Hiroshima, the nearest big city, is the best choice.

(1) Take a long-distance bus at Ruyidao Bus Center, Zhuyuan Zhonghaihang → Zhonghai Station? or

(2) Take Sanyang Line to Sanyuan Station → transfer to JR West Japan Wu Line → Zhonghai Station.

Both ways are 1.5 -2 hours' drive.

This is China Shipping Station along the coastline!

When you get out of the station, turn right and go straight for about 200 meters, then turn right and you will come to the dock. Just buy a boat ticket on the spot, 3 10 per person, and there are many flights.

Because Zhonghai is a quiet and slightly remote place, almost all the people who get off here are for the purpose of landing on the island, and-the number is not too large, almost all of them are Japanese locals who come for leisure and vacation (the gospel of those who are afraid of tourists and crowds)

At the same time, there is a "ぅさぎちゃん" (rabbit sauce) shop diagonally opposite the ticket office of Zhonghai Station and the wharf, which contains all kinds of decorations, books, postcards, food, plush toys and so on about rabbits. ...

At first, it was a set of Japan-specific stamps on Rabbit Island, which was quite memorable.

At the same time, it also sells rabbit food (similar in nature to cat food and dog food), and a bag is about 100 yen. It must be noted that rabbit food is not sold anywhere on the island now, so remember to prepare it in advance! Otherwise, the experience and interaction will be much worse.

Because there are many rabbits on the island, and they are all fierce foodies (which will be introduced in detail later), the experience is that it is not enough to simply feed rabbits, but it needs a lot; In terms of cost performance, it is more cost-effective for everyone to bring their own food and grass (carrots, vegetables and even rabbit grass). ) in advance (local tyrants please feel free) ~

Don't forget to put a special seal on Rabbit Island! Like most tourist spots in Japan, the ticket office provides free exclusive seals for everyone to commemorate. There is also a big seal with rabbit sauce under the coconut tree (very suitable for the situation on the island), which is also fried chicken!

Ok, it's time to sail!

We crossed the Seto Inland Sea (pronounced Seto Inland Sea in Japanese), which is the first sea with a very romantic literary color in Japan.

Situated between Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, Seto Inland Sea has 525 islands, which is one of the most important sea areas in Japan. It is more like a big lake, with clear, calm and mild water, which is very suitable for leisure and play.

Oh, by the way, in order to protect the safety of rabbits on the island, it is forbidden to bring dogs and large pets to the island.

Because it is close to the land, we arrived at Oshima Pier in Seto Inland Sea National Park in about 10 minutes.

There is no need to worry about where to find rabbits, because-? They surrounded us as soon as we got off the boat! ! ⊙ω⊙

Rabbits here are used to people who get off the boat bringing a lot of delicious food. In the years when they have no natural enemies and no threat of human destruction, they have been spoiled. In their eyes, human beings are equivalent to great diners (there is no doubt about the national quality of Japan). My foodies in Greater China are unstoppable. Two days ago, I talked about Rabbit Island in a travel program. Many netizens left a half-jokingly message: Why, when I saw the fat rabbit paper, my mouth watered unconsciously. ...

I believe you have started to make up a line: Tutu is so cute, how can you Ci Tutu!

Well, if you can't help complaining about Shuangliu Rabbit Head, I can only say that you won (>

Rabbits on the island are all wild, and there are no fixed keepers or artificial houses. The only thing for rabbits is that there will be a small basin filled with fresh water at regular intervals along the road.

No matter where you are, the rabbit will jump over and scratch its hair, hug its legs and ask for food, and it is not reserved at all

Because I had done my homework before, I bought two bags of carrots in advance at the city farmer's supermarket. Originally, I was a little worried that the carrots for people would be a little too big for rabbits, but ... that's just because I didn't realize the great strength and ferocity of the lovely rabbits here.

If you don't hold on to your radish tightly, your girl/boy will be pulled by one of the rabbits at any time and quickly jump into a corner of a bush, grab it and feed herself. (┯_┯)

Although rabbits will take the initiative to run around you, stand up and even climb up your legs (it is also very hard to eat), most of these wild rabbits don't want to be touched (defensive+a little arrogant). You can often see them chewing hard, tentatively touching their ears or furry backs. Rabbit sauce can be "bounced" at lightning speed ~ it really bounced. Sometimes you don't even have a tendency to touch it. It will instinctively "bounce off" after two bites, and then slowly rub it back to eat the next bite.

Therefore, to touch the rabbit sauce well, on the one hand, we should pay attention to skills (such as deliberately holding the food high and letting its fleshy front paws naturally lean on your hand to reach the food), and on the other hand, we should try our luck and meet one or two docile and special relatives. Remember, they will always be wild rabbit paper in essence. If you really don't want to, don't bully and make things difficult.

The rabbit's nature of digging holes is vividly displayed on the island. They dug deep pits and shallow pits everywhere, and when they were full, they stuck their whole stomachs in the shallow pits (probably safe? ), two long hind legs unified to the side and rear, enchanting "imperial concubine lying", ah ~ tut ~

I can't help pulling Mao Mao's little tail XD.

You may have a question silently, why did this place become a "rabbit island"? What about the aborigines on the island? Were they specially placed/raised here?

Speaking of origin, we should actually mention a dark history.

During World War II, it was not as peaceful and prosperous as it is today. At that time, Ono Island was once an "island that disappeared from the map"; Its geographical environment surrounded by the sea is easy to hide, so it was used by the Japanese militaristic government to develop and manufacture chemical weapons (mustard gas, pepper gas, tear gas, etc.). As it involves military secrets, the site is extremely confidential to the outside world, and the building is disguised, so it is easy to be invisible from the outside.

Today, coming to the front still makes people look heavy. ...

There is a toxic gas archive on the island to restore this history. Interested parties can learn more about it.

After the war, the poison gas factory was demolished, the poison gas was destroyed, and the remaining buildings and fortresses were preserved as war relics to warn future generations. Rabbits, once raised for poisonous gas experiments, were completely liberated after the army retreated and returned to the countryside of nature. Because of its strong reproductive ability, it gradually occupied this uninhabited island.

In peacetime, the local tourism department took a good look at this special place, and carried out some follow-up construction on the island, developing it into a leisure resort island and restoring this area that had been designated as a national park before the war.

Now Ono Island is definitely a good place for parent-child travel. Many families bring their children, prepare all kinds of delicious food for friends to get in touch with rabbit sauce, and often see such a very loving picture.

Do you know what this is？

Unique sound collector.

Standing below can make you feel the rabbit's hearing. The sound of waves, whistles, whistling wind, birds and insects. ...

The authorities have carefully prepared four different heights, so that people of different ages and heights have the opportunity to experience the world heard by rabbits.

Around the Seto Inland Sea, the sea breeze is gentle and the sun is warm. Climb to the hill on the side of the island, look at the vast ocean and the undulating islands on the sea through the trees, and the light shines through the clouds one by one ... The sea water has its own Japanese color.

The atmosphere on the island is very leisurely. There are not many tourists themselves, and even fewer people are farther away from the dock. Everyone is very leisurely, riding bicycles, patiently teasing rabbits, and slurping food where they can camp, which is completely an atmosphere of slow life ~

There is also a rabbit archive on the island, which contains many handicrafts related to rabbits, rabbit strokes of children and wonderful moments of rabbit sauce captured by photographers. ...

The most wonderful thing about the island is that rabbits will jump out of corners and bushes at any time and anywhere, and you will be welcomed with cute little eyes in the alley ~

The only enemy of rabbits on the island is crows. When crows are nearby, rabbits often panic and hide nearby. When I saw some rabbits with broken ears, injured eyes and even blindness, they were basically attacked by crows.

I especially like the way rabbit paper has been chewed with a small mouth. It's really cute ~

Just ... another rabbit picked up the whole carrot and ran away ...

This is the rest village of Ono Island and the only hotel on the island that can receive tourists for the night. Rental cards for bicycles, fishing gear, badminton, etc. A free glass of rabbit food will be given at check-in. The room is also decorated with rabbits, and even the wallpaper is rabbit's. Friends who like rabbit sauce but are not in a hurry can experience it completely.

Outside the rest village is a large grassland with coconut trees. When there are not enough people to feed them, rabbits who don't seem willing to eat much are busy eating turf in the open space where a little green has just grown in spring.

What a beautiful picture (≠Ω ≦)

Wait a minute, I think something has broken in. ...

Who are you? ~ What do you want? (≧д≦) ~ ~ ~ ~

Well, master rabbit, you are the biggest ... all radishes are yours, whatever you say. ...

Come to Rabbit Island and ぅさぎちゃん in Seto Inland Sea to play (≧≦)/!