Cape Erimo


Cape Erimo is a cape in Hokkaidō, located at. It is the de facto southern tip of Hidaka Mountains.

Description

Hot and cold fronts meet nearby of the cape thus creating a dense mist which covers the cape for more than 100 days a year. Wind blows here with the speed of 10 m/s for almost 300 days a year. Every year more than 400,000 tourists visit Cape Erimo. Rare species of Kuril Seals live there.

Asteroid

The main-belt asteroid 5331 Erimomisaki, discovered by amateur astronomers Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe in 1990, was named after Cape Erimo.