Ōkunoshima

[luVgErgEr]

Hihi,

Has anyone been to Ōkunoshima, a small island located in the Inland Sea of Japan in the city of Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture?

I need advise & help on what are the best travelling routes there and when is a good time to visit the island?

Thanks alot

 

[gundamhamtaro]

Thats rabbit island right I love that place Heaven for rabbit lovers!!!

I dont remember the exact details, but I took a bus from Hiroshima Airport to some small city, and changed to their JR train, got down at Tadanoumi station, and from there took the ferry to the island.

 

[gundamhamtaro]

Found the name of the JR station, its Mihara station.

 

[luVgErgEr]

Thats rabbit island right I love that place Heaven for rabbit lovers!!!

I dont remember the exact details, but I took a bus from Hiroshima Airport to some small city, and changed to their JR train, got down at Tadanoumi station, and from there took the ferry to the island.

Yeap the rabbit island! I will be flying to osaka ard november and was thinking of gg hiroshima if possible.

By the way can i chk the airport in hiroshima is domestic or international?

Tks tks

 

[gundamhamtaro]

It is possible to go there from Osaka, but its completely out of the way, but good thing is lots of the bunnies stay right in front of the lodging area.

Hiroshima airport is international.

The bunnies there are wild, so dont expect them to stay still and let you pet. Once they grab their food from you they will just run away lol

 

[luVgErgEr]

It is possible to go there from Osaka, but its completely out of the way, but good thing is lots of the bunnies stay right in front of the lodging area.

Hiroshima airport is international.

The bunnies there are wild, so dont expect them to stay still and let you pet. Once they grab their food from you they will just run away lol

Hehes tks! Was wondering if i could fly from sg to hiroshima. Then i cn do a separate trip. Well the thought of wild bunnies running ard just excites me. No choice bunnies are my killer hehes. Tks for your info

 

[gundamhamtaro]

Np. If you havent, try searching for okunoshima on youtube to see how super active the bunnies are when asking for food =) If not you will probably be shocked when you reach there hahaha

And I heard that at the dock where you board the ferry, you can buy veges from there to feed the bunnies. Dont recall seeing that when i was there though. Otherwise dont worry about having nothing to feed them; the lodging area sells a small pail of rabbit feed for around 100yen.

 

[luVgErgEr]

Np. If you havent, try searching for okunoshima on youtube to see how super active the bunnies are when asking for food =) If not you will probably be shocked when you reach there hahaha

And I heard that at the dock where you board the ferry, you can buy veges from there to feed the bunnies. Dont recall seeing that when i was there though. Otherwise dont worry about having nothing to feed them; the lodging area sells a small pail of rabbit feed for around 100yen.

Yup saw the video n i think its cool to have bunnies running wild and nt afraid of humans.. I do keep rabbit at home but he's the timid kind hahas!

Can i check which month do you travel there? Is nov/dec a gd time? I am afraid of nt able to catch them at the right time

 

[gundamhamtaro]

The last time I went was in summer. I dont think there is a bad time..............the bunnies are smart enough to know that humans feed them so lots of them concentrate at the lodging area. I heard that during winter more of them come out due to lack of food in the mountain area.

And since rabbits are by right nocturnal creatures going out at night will let you see more of them.

 

[luVgErgEr]

The last time I went was in summer. I dont think there is a bad time..............the bunnies are smart enough to know that humans feed them so lots of them concentrate at the lodging area. I heard that during winter more of them come out due to lack of food in the mountain area.

And since rabbits are by right nocturnal creatures going out at night will let you see more of them.

Great to hear they come out often during winter
Gotta start planning & hopefully able to make a trip there soon! Any other info which you are able to advise mah??

 

[gundamhamtaro]

What do you want to know? Just post here lor and I will try to help

 

[luVgErgEr]

What do you want to know? Just post here lor and I will try to help

Ok another qns, since hiroshima has intl airport, is there any airline that fly from sg to hiroshima direct?

 

[FireEmblem]

I am now at tadanoumi station, saw no less than 60 bunnies hopping around spread out all over and haha seems like they are well trained to expect food from human cos once I reach nearer to them, quite a number of them will run towards me, then once se.e that I have no food for them, they will scramble off, very practical. And zzz they looks like only doing the same thing the whole time, eat. They just kept eating anything that is available. Unless you have a telephoto lens, if not not easy to take a close up shot of them as once they know you have no food, they will move away. Once you have something to feed them, alot of them will run towards you.

 

[gundamhamtaro]

luVgErgEr: Try ANA or SIA, maybe those will.

FireEmblem: well.................they are rabbits what do you expect them to do lol. rabbit lovers go there to feed and try to pet them haha. I spent 2 1/2 days there just feeding and playing with them

 

[luVgErgEr]

I am now at tadanoumi station, saw no less than 60 bunnies hopping around spread out all over and haha seems like they are well trained to expect food from human cos once I reach nearer to them, quite a number of them will run towards me, then once se.e that I have no food for them, they will scramble off, very practical. And zzz they looks like only doing the same thing the whole time, eat. They just kept eating anything that is available. Unless you have a telephoto lens, if not not easy to take a close up shot of them as once they know you have no food, they will move away. Once you have something to feed them, alot of them will run towards you.

Wow dats nice! Yeah dats hw the bunnies behave. My hse bunny does the same thing too!!
Will you be staying a night there? By the way is there any other things to see / do other than the rabbits?

 

[luVgErgEr]

luVgErgEr: Try ANA or SIA, maybe those will.

FireEmblem: well.................they are rabbits what do you expect them to do lol. rabbit lovers go there to feed and try to pet them haha. I spent 2 1/2 days there just feeding and playing with them

Was looking at SIA but didnt find any direct flights to hiroshima, maybe i will do a check again. You spent 2 1/2 day on the island, any other activities?

 

[FireEmblem]

Wow dats nice! Yeah dats hw the bunnies behave. My hse bunny does the same thing too!!
Will you be staying a night there? By the way is there any other things to see / do other than the rabbits?

Oh, I only went there for a short 2 plus hours side trip. Haha i never expect their stomach can handle eating buffet for 2 hours

Well apart from the rabbits, supposedly there are some historic world war 2 relics like the now deserted poison factory but i did not go there so i am not sure if any of those are worth taking a look at.

So summary of this place. You will need to get to Mihara via Shinkansen, transfer to local Kure line and alight at Tadanoumi station. Go out the station and to the right, there is a big area map showing you how to walk to the pier, just a short 5 to 10 mins walk. At the pier, you buy your round trip ferry ticket at 600 yen then off you go. The bunnies will be waiting for you just outside the pier area.

 

[FireEmblem]

luVgErgEr: Try ANA or SIA, maybe those will.

FireEmblem: well.................they are rabbits what do you expect them to do lol. rabbit lovers go there to feed and try to pet them haha. I spent 2 1/2 days there just feeding and playing with them

haha i just did not expect them to like eat for so long. well very difficult even just to touch them if you dun have food to give them, haha once i reach out my hands to pet any, they will just dart off haha you must be a big rabbit lover to do that for 2 plus days

 

[FireEmblem]

oh btw they love carrots there, lol they were fighting over who get that big fat piece of carrot given by another tourist. so they snatched the carrot among themselves and another rabbit will chase the one who has it until finally we have a winner rabbit who snatched it and ran way off up a hill into the forest depth

 

[luVgErgEr]

Oh, I only went there for a short 2 plus hours side trip. Haha i never expect their stomach can handle eating buffet for 2 hours

Well apart from the rabbits, supposedly there are some historic world war 2 relics like the now deserted poison factory but i did not go there so i am not sure if any of those are worth taking a look at.

So summary of this place. You will need to get to Mihara via Shinkansen, transfer to local Kure line and alight at Tadanoumi station. Go out the station and to the right, there is a big area map showing you how to walk to the pier, just a short 5 to 10 mins walk. At the pier, you buy your round trip ferry ticket at 600 yen then off you go. The bunnies will be waiting for you just outside the pier area.

Oh okii, tks
Will note that down. Just checked that ANA has direct flights to hiroshima. Dun think SQ does that.