Japan, Montenegro

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Japan
Јапан
Village
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Japan
Location within Montenegro
Coordinates: 42°41′N19°43′E / 42.68°N 19.71°E / 42.68; 19.71 Coordinates: 42°41′N19°43′E / 42.68°N 19.71°E / 42.68; 19.71
Country Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Municipality CoatAN.jpg Andrijevica
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Japan (Cyrillic : Јапан) is a hamlet in the municipality of Andrijevica, Montenegro. The village is roughly 6 km away from the border of Albania.

The name of the village is often disputed; one source bases it on a legend from the time of the Kingdom of Montenegro, where a village wiseman and flag-bearer (barjaktar) by the name of Samilo Fatić was a prominent fighter in the war against the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I. Afterwards, on a ceremony where he was awarded with a medal from King Nikola I, the King himself asked him of his aspirations, and he responded that his greatest wish "would be to bring water to the village from the source of Biruljak". When the King asked him of the location of this village, he responded with "far away in the unseen, far away as Japan." [1]

Due to the increasingly difficult conditions during the winter, some of the inhabitants have chosen to leave the village and settle elsewhere, given the village is located at the foothills of Mount Komovi, which is now a protected national park since 2018.

The village came to the attention of the Japanese, which was visited by some Japanese journalists, who except in an unusual name, were convinced and with what natural beauties Montenegro has at its disposal. [2]

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References

  1. "Japan village - Hotel Komovi". www.hotelkomovi.com. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. "Japan ispod Komova selo neobičnog naziva usred Crne Gore". Kolektiv.me. Retrieved 15 November 2017.