Ikunoshima

What it is

• An inhabited island covering 2.26 square kilometers in the Seto Inland Sea.
• A historic site containing twenty-one discovered ruins and ancient burial mounds.
• The only location near Osakikamijima where Jomon period ruins have been found.
• A former pasture for the Hiroshima Domain during the Edo period.

What to see

• Ancient burial mounds and archaeological ruins scattered across the island.
• Local mandarin orange groves cultivated by the small resident population.
• Coastal landscapes that inspired nine haiku by the poet Taneda Santoka.

Getting there

• Access is available only via ferry from Osakikamijima Shirozu Port.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.