# Wakkanai (JP WKJ)

**UN/LOCODE:** JP WKJ  
**Country:** Japan  
**Water Body:** Sea of Japan; North Pacific Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Breakwater)  
**GPS:** 43.4167, 141.6833

Sea urchin, scallops and fresh fish drive what cargo there is at Wakkanai, Japan's northernmost port at the top of Hokkaido between the Sea of Japan and the North Pacific. Commercially the harbour lives off the regional fishing industry and its processing; there is no broad container liner trade here. Its standout role is ferry and passenger service: vessels (Heart Land Ferry) link Wakkanai to the offshore islands of Rishiri and Rebun, and historically to Korsakov on Sakhalin. For interregional container and general-cargo shipments into Hokkaido, Tomakomai and Ishikari are the practical handling ports. Wakkanai thus remains a fishing and island-ferry port with limited general freight relevance.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Tokyo → Singapore](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/tokyo-singapore)
- [Tokyo → Bangkok](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/tokyo-bangkok)
- [Tokyo → Ho Chi Minh City](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/tokyo-ho-chi-minh-city)
- [Tokyo → Jakarta](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/tokyo-jakarta)
- [Tokyo → Kuala Lumpur](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/tokyo-kuala-lumpur)
- [Tokyo → Manila](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/tokyo-manila)

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