is an inhabited

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

located in the

Seto Inland Sea The , sometimes shortened to the Inland Sea, is the body of water separating Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū, three of the four main islands of Japan. It serves as a waterway connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan. It connects to Osaka ...

between

Honshū , historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island separa ...

and Shikoku. It is administratively part of the city of Kan'onji, Kagawa,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. It is famous for producing high-quality ''iriko'' (dried sardines). The island is approximately away from Kan'onji Port, and has an area of . It has a population of 503 people as of 2018. Both electricity and water supply on the island are supplied from the mainland, and regular ships are in service from Maura Port on the south side of the island to the Shikoku mainland. There are many steep cliffs around the island, forming a plateau, and houses are concentrated in the center of the island from north to south. Then islands have been inhabited since prehistoric times, and

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s from the Jomon period have been found in

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s. The main economic activity is fishing and the processing of sardines, which are used as the base of the broth for ''

Sanuki udon Sanuki udon () has been the type of udon noodle most popular in the Kagawa prefecture in Japan, but is now easily found throughout the neighboring Kansai region and much of Japan. It is characterized by its square shape and flat edges with rathe ...

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Islands of Japan Geography of Kagawa Prefecture Kan'onji, Kagawa {{Kagawa-geo-stub