Abashima
阿波島
An uninhabited private island in Hiroshima featuring ancient ruins, a porpoise shrine, and remnants of a wartime poison gas facility.
What it is
- An uninhabited private island covering about half a square kilometer in Takehara City.
- A former storage site for cyanide munitions and sneezing agents during World War II.
- A location consisting of two distinct mountain systems reaching heights of one hundred meters.
- A potential future route for the Osakikamijima Bridge construction project.
What to see
- The Abashima Ruins located at the northern end of the island.
- A small shrine dedicated to finless porpoises standing at Shirahana Rock.
- A tunnel that connects the eastern and western sides of the island.
- Waters surrounding the island designated as a natural monument for finless porpoises.
- Former warehouse sites used for storing poison gas during the war.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
Abashima Open in Google Maps
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