Ninoshima

Ninoshima
Native name: 似島
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Geography
Location	Seto Inland Sea
Coordinates	34°18′00″N 132°26′00″E / 34.30000°N 132.43333°E
Area	3.87 km2 (1.49 sq mi)
Highest elevation	278 m (912 ft)
Highest point	Aki-no-Kofuji
Administration
	Japan
Demographics
Population	1168 (2006)

Ninoshima (Japanese: 似島) is an island in the Seto Inland Sea, located near Hiroshima. Gakuen-mae pier on Ninoshima is located 4 km from Hiroshima (Ujina) Port. It takes only half an hour to get to Ninoshima from wharf 4 of Hiroshima Port (Ujina Port) by ferry.^[1] The island is 3.87 km² in size,^[2] and topped with the mountain Aki-no-Kofuji (278 m). In Japanese, the mountain's name means "Little Fuji of Aki" (the former name of the Hiroshima area). The name of the island means "resemblance island", as the shape of the island and its mountain resemble Mount Fuji.^[3]

^ Aki-no-Kofuji, GetHiroshima
^ "Ninoshima - Introduction]". Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
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[1] Aki-no-Kofuji, GetHiroshima

[intro-2] "Ninoshima - Introduction]". Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.

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