Hiroshima

Overview

Hiroshima is an island floating in the Mizushima Sea in the northern part of the Seto Inland Sea, belonging to Hiroshima-cho in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture. It has the largest area among the islands of the Shiwaku Islands and is also known as "Sanuki Hiroshima." The terrain at its northern tip has a somewhat pointed shape.

Highlights

• ●The island with the largest area among the Shiwaku Islands
• ●The scenery of an island set in the Mizushima Sea of the northern Seto Inland Sea
• ●The island's character, also known as the "island of Aoki stone"
• ●The somewhat pointed terrain at its northern tip

History

Hiroshima is an island in the Mizushima Sea of the northern Seto Inland Sea, belonging to Hiroshima-cho in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture. It is known as the island with the largest area among the Shiwaku Islands. It is also called by the nicknames "island of Aoki stone" and "Sanuki Hiroshima," and the terrain at its northern tip has a somewhat pointed shape.

Map

34.3744, 133.7075 · Wikidata

Suggested itinerary

1. 1Walk across the expanse of the island with the largest area in the Shiwaku Islands
2. 2Take in the Seto Inland Sea scenery of the island set in the Mizushima Sea
3. 3Visit the somewhat pointed terrain at the northern tip
4. 4Experience the island's character as the "island of Aoki stone"

Did you know?

💡 The island is also known by the nicknames "island of Aoki stone" and "Sanuki Hiroshima."

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