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An island worth the crossing · Takehara, Japan
Photo: Steffen Flor · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Rabbit Island: hundreds of tame rabbits swarm visitors on a small Seto Inland Sea island that was once a secret poison-gas factory erased from wartime maps — the ruins and a museum remain beneath the cuteness.
Internet-famous for the bunnies; almost nobody knows the dark history layered underneath.
It's only worth the detour Spring & autumn. Turn up outside that window and you're looking at a different place; we'd rather say so than sell you the photo.
Takehara, Japan · Seto Inland Sea. Coordinates from the listing we sourced it from.
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