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Daikokujima
Daikokujima. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Daikoku Island (Daikoku-jima) is an uninhabited island in Akkeshi, Hokkaidō, Japan. Together with the smaller island of Kojima to the north, it forms a natural breakwater at the entrance to Akkeshi Bay. At the southwest tip of the island at an elevation of approximately 105 metres is Akkeshi Lighthouse, which began operations on 25 November 1890. Of the island's 107 hectares, 64 are owned by the state, 42 by the municipality, and one is in private hands.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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