What is the Japanese "Rabbit Island" that I heard about 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 go, just like me.

how many rabbits can you see? I can tell you responsibly when I just came back from the experience: there are thousands of sprouting things that live in nature and are alive and kicking in the original ecology on the island that surrounds only 4 kilometers a week. The most important thing is: they are all! No! Afraid! People! !

It's amazing to be jostled and hugged by a bunch of rabbits. ω?

The official name of Rabbit Island is "Okuno Island", which is located in Zhonghai Town, Takehara City, Tijima Prefecture, Japan, and floats about 3 kilometers offshore in the inland sea of Seto (between Honshu and Shikoku).

Therefore, it is the best choice to start from the nearest big city, Hiroshima.

(1) Take the long-distance bus Zhuyuan Zhonghaihang → Zhonghaihai Station at Yeouido Bus Center? Or

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

Both modes are about 1.5 -2 hours' drive.

this is the zhonghai station along the coastline!

when you get out of the station, turn right and go straight for about 2 meters, then turn right, and you will come to the dock. Just buy ferry tickets on the spot, 31 passengers, and there are many flights.

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

At the same time, Zhonghai Station is diagonally opposite, and there is a "ぅさ𞌒ち" at the ticket office at the pier.

At the same time, rabbit food (similar in nature to cat food and dog food) is also sold for about 1 yen per bag. 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 all of them are fierce eaters (this will be described in detail later), the experience is that simply feeding rabbit food is not enough, and it needs a lot; In terms of cost performance, it's more cost-effective for everyone to bring their own food and grass (carrots, vegetables and even rabbit grass, etc.) in advance (please feel free for local tyrants) ~

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

ok, it's time to sail!

We passed through the Seto Inland Sea, Japan's first sea, which is very romantic and literary in itself.

Seto Inland Sea is located between Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu in Japan, with 525 large and small 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, yes, to protect the safety of rabbits on the island, it is forbidden to bring dogs and large pets on the island.

Because it is very close to the land, it takes us about 1 minutes by boat to reach the Okunoshima Wharf in Seto Inland Sea National Park.

There is no need to worry about where to look for rabbits, because-? As soon as you get off the boat, you will be surrounded by them! ! ⊙⊙⊙

Rabbits here are used to the fact that people coming off the boat will bring a lot of delicious food. In the years when they have no natural enemies and no threat of human destruction, they have always been spoiled. In their eyes, human beings are equal to great eaters (there is no doubt about the quality of Japanese people); My foodies in Greater China are unstoppable. Two days ago, when I talked about Rabbit Island in a travel program, many netizens left a half-jokingly message: Why, when I saw the fat rabbit paper, I unconsCiously shed saliva ... < P > I believe you have already started to fill in a line: Rabbit is so cute, how can you ci Rabbit!

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

The 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 intervals along the road.

No matter where you are, the rabbits will jump around to scratch their fur and hug their legs for food, and they are not reserved at all.

because I did my homework before, I bought two big bags of carrots in the city farmer's supermarket in advance. 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 "ferocity" and "ferocity" of cute rabbits here ... ⊙﹏⊙

If you don't hold your radish tightly, you girl /boy pulled by one of the rabbits at any time. (┯_┯)

Although rabbits will take the initiative to come around you, struggle to stand up, and even climb on your legs (it is hard to eat), most of these wild rabbits don't want to be touched (defensive+a little arrogant). Often, you can see that they are chewing hard, and tentatively touch their ears or furry backs. Rabbit sauce can be "bounced" with lightning speed ~ 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.

So, to touch rabbit sauce well, on the one hand, we should pay attention to skills (for example, deliberately holding the food high so that its fleshy front paws can naturally rest on your hands to reach the food), and on the other hand, we can meet one or two docile and special relatives by chance. Remember, they are always wild rabbit paper in nature. If you really don't want to, don't be reluctant to bully others (spread your hands ~)

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

I can't help but want to grab Mao Mao's little tail XD

You may have a question silently, why did this place become the "Rabbit Island"? What about the original inhabitants of the island? Were they specially placed/raised here?

when it comes to the 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, Okuno Island was once an "island that disappeared from the map"; Its geographical environment surrounded by the sea is convenient for hiding, so it was used by the Japanese militaristic government to develop and manufacture chemical weapons (mustard gas, pepper gas and tear gas, etc.). Because it involves military secrets, the location is extremely confidential to the outside world, and the buildings are also covered with camouflage, which is easily undetectable from the outside.

Today, it's still very heavy to come before us ...

There is a toxic gas archive on the island to restore this history. If you are interested, you can learn more about it.

After the war, the poisonous gas factory was demolished and the poisonous gas was destroyed. The remaining buildings and forts were preserved as war relics to warn future generations. Rabbits, which were once raised for toxic gas testing, were completely freed after the withdrawal of the army 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 made some follow-up construction on the island to develop it into a leisure and holiday island, restoring this area that had already been designated as a national park before the war.

Now Okuno Island is definitely a good place for parents and children to travel. Many families take their children with them, and they have prepared all kinds of food so that their friends can get in close contact with rabbit sauce, and they 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 chirping and insects chirping ...

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

around the inland sea of Seto, there is soft sea breeze and warm sunshine. Climb to the hill on one side of the island, look through the trees at the vast ocean and the undulating islands on the sea, 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 laid-back. There are not many tourists themselves, and even fewer people will go further away from the pier. Everyone is leisurely, riding bicycles, patiently teasing rabbits, cooking food in places where tents can be camped, and the atmosphere of a completely slow life ~

There is also a rabbit archive on the island, where there are many rabbit-related handicrafts, children's rabbit brush strokes, and the exciting moments of rabbit sauce captured by photographers, etc ... < P > The most wonderful thing on the island is that rabbits will jump from corners and bushes at any time and place. When crows are around, 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 chews all the time. It's really cute ~

It's just ... another rabbit gentleman who picked up the whole carrot and ran away ...

This is the rest village of Okuno Island, and it's the only hotel on the island that can receive tourists for the night. A card for renting bicycles, fishing gear, badminton, etc. for free and a glass of rabbit food will be presented at the check-in. The room is also full of rabbit decorations, and even the wallpaper is rabbit's, so friends who like rabbit sauce and are not in a hurry can experience it completely.

Outside the rest village is a large meadow with coconut trees. When there are not enough people to feed them, it seems that the rabbit foodies who are unwilling to give up how much they eat are busy eating turf in the open space where a small layer of green has just grown in spring.

It's a beautiful picture (≡Ω ≡

Wait, I feel something has intruded ...

Who are you! ~ What do you want? ヽ (≧д≦) ノ ~ ~ ~ < P > All right, master rabbit, you are the biggest ... all radishes belong to you and listen to you ... < P > Come to Rabbit Island in Seto Inland Sea, too.