Kitajima (The Orange Outback)

Kitajima (Japanese: 北島 Kitajima), historically known by its Russian name Sakhalin (Russian: Сахали́н; Japanese: サハリン Saharin), is the third largest island of Japan, situated in the North Pacific Ocean, lies just north of Hokkaido and the Russian Pacific Coast. It is currently administered as the Karafuto and Kuei prefectures of Japan. According to the 2016 census, the island had a total population of 2.4 million, made mostly of ethnic Japanese, but also containing significant minorities of Russians, Koreans, and Ainu.