A Hazy Island of Horses in the Fog of Deep Memory

There’s a novel titled “The Lost World.” It was published in 1912 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes adventure stories. It is a story about a mysterious plateau discovered at the headstream of the Amazon by a group of researchers on an expedition. Surrounded by cliffs, no one had been allowed to set foot on the plateau, but when the main characters arrived there, they found a secret paradise for animals that should have been extinct….

A place reminiscent of “The Lost World” actually exists in present-day Japan. Its name is Yururi Island. It is a small uninhabited island off the Nemuro Peninsula at the eastern edge of Hokkaido. The shadow of the plateau-shaped island floats in the sea. Its name evokes the gentle flow of time. And most of all, what makes this island a unique place is that it remains a sanctuary for only horses, birds and flowers. Landing on the island is strictly restricted to protect the unique nature created by the history and climate of the northern frontier. So you will rarely see people here. The tranquil and delicate grasslands of the uninhabited island are filled with pretty flowers, the clear sounds of birds, and the sight of horses running free, unrestrained, like a scene from a fantastic movie.

Needless to say, “The Lost World” was a fictional world created by the imagination of a remarkable author. The island of Yururi is precisely like the illusory plateau replaced on the northern sea. In the sense that no one can enter the island, it is indeed a lost island. It’s a place where you can’t see the beauty with your own eyes. That is why I would like to use this website to guide you to the contemporary lost world, as if I were writing a novel.