Ninoshima

What it is

• The largest island in Hiroshima City located three kilometers south of the main port.
• A former Imperial Army quarantine station established in 1895 and later a field hospital.
• The site where Karl Juchheim baked the first baumkuchen cake in Japan.
• A quiet residential community of 652 people with no traffic lights or public buses.

What to see

• Aki-no-Kofuji mountain which stands 278 meters tall on the island.
• Extensive oyster farming operations located around the island coastline.
• Historical sites related to its past as a military quarantine and medical facility.

Getting there

• Regular car ferries connect the island directly to Hiroshima Port.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.