Today Doug and I went to the Westernmost Point of Mainland Japan at Kozakibana Park. It is about a 45 minute drive from our apartment. The drive there was fun! The closer you get to Kozakibana Park, the road gets narrow and is curvy. I made sure to take caution while going through the curves. They have mirrors in blind corners, this helps, but most drivers here are in a rush usually.
There is a small parking lot. Once parked, we started up the hill. There is a steep hill to climb or you can walk by the water. The water route takes you to the monument for the Westernmost Point of Mainland Japan, then climb some stairs to a look out point. The steep hill takes you up to a look out point then you can go down the stairs to the monument. We took the water route and it was beautiful!
After the water route, we took the stair up to see the lookout. There happen to be a map, which had four red circles to show where the western, southern, northern, and eastern-most points of Mainland Japan are. While you are at the map there is a great view of the Kozakihana Cape.
Hale of a Journey 