White pumice cliff: 20 m by 500 m, lifted from the sea 5 million years ago.
From the car park, paths, ramps and steps lead to the shoreline, where the white wall runs for about 500 metres. ‘Shirafura’ is an old term meaning ‘white sloping ground’: the white comes from pumice, shells and diatoms from the seabed, lifted up together after a volcanic eruption.
The Takise coast, in the town of Otobe (about 80 km from Hakodate), is known locally as Shirafura for its white rock face, about 20 metres high, which runs for about 500 metres along the sea. The white layers formed about 5 million years ago from volcanic deposits, shells and diatoms on the seabed, then were lifted by movements of the Earth's crust. A rest centre at the scenic park opened on 3 October 2024, with a free area and two public toilets.
ℹ️ The park's rest centre (rest house) is open from 1 April to 30 November, 9:00–17:00, free admission. Car park: 10 parking spaces, 1 disabled space, 1 bus space. Outside this period the centre is closed, but the cliff remains a public stretch of coast.
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Takise White Coast