is the largest island in the

Geiyo Islands The are a group of islands in the Seto Inland Sea, under the administration of Hiroshima Prefecture and Ehime Prefecture. Some of the largest islands in the archipelago are connected by the Nishiseto Expressway bridge system connecting Honshu an ...

chain, and the westernmost island on which

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's Nishiseto Expressway, which links

Honshu , historically known as , is the largest of the four main islands of Japan. It lies between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It is the list of islands by area, seventh-largest island in the world, and the list of islands by ...

and

Shikoku is the smallest of the List of islands of Japan#Main islands, four main islands of Japan. It is long and between at its widest. It has a population of 3.8 million, the least populated of Japan's four main islands. It is south of Honshu ...

via a number of islands, runs. It is located in the

Seto Inland Sea The , sometimes shortened to the Inland Sea, is the body of water separating Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, 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 Ba ...

. The island's highest peak is at an altitude of .

Population

The population as of the 2020 census was 4,963 - 2,299 men, and 2,264 women.

Geography

Ōmishima is kidney-shaped and together with Ōsakikamijima on the west encloses the calm bay of Utena, where the primary seaport of is located. The island's Utena Dam reservoir is the primary freshwater source for Ōmishima itself and the nearby

Hakata is a ward of the city of Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Many of Fukuoka Prefecture and Fukuoka City's principal government, commercial, retail and entertainment establishments are located in the district. Hakata-ku is also the location o ...

History

* 1541 - Tsuruhime fights

Ōuchi Yoshitaka was the ''daimyō'' of Suō Province and the head of the Ōuchi clan, succeeding Ōuchi Yoshioki. In 1522, he fought the Amago clan along with his father, Yoshioki, to win the control of Aki Province. Upon Yoshioki's death in 1528, Yoshit ...

fleet * 1874 - post office established * 1979 - connecting to

Ehime Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,334,841 and a geographic area of 5,676 km2 (2,191 sq mi). Ehime Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the northeast, Toku ...

complete * 1999 -

Tatara Bridge The is a cable-stayed bridge that is part of the Nishiseto Expressway, commonly known as the Shimanami Kaidō しまなみ海道. The bridge has a center span of . As of 2010, it has the fourth longest main span of any cable-stayed bridge afte ...

connecting to Hiroshima Prefecture complete * 16 January 2005 - several towns (including

Ōmishima, Ehime was a town located in Ōmishima Island, Ochi District, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,006 and a density of 92.45 persons per km2. The total area was 43.33 km2. On January 16, 2005, Ōmishi ...

) and villages on the island were merged into the city of

Imabari, Ehime is a city in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is the second largest city in the prefecture. , the city had an estimated population of 152,111 in 75,947 households and a population density of 360 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Th ...

, along with towns and villages on other surrounding islands.

Climate

Transportation

Ōmishima is connected to the mainland of

and

islands by the bridges of the Nishiseto Expressway (Shimanami Kaidō). A ferry is also available from the island to Ōsakikamijima, Okamura Island and

Ōkunoshima is a small island in the Seto Inland Sea, Inland Sea of Japan. It is considered to be part of the city of Takehara, Hiroshima, Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture. It is accessible by ferry from Tadanoumi and Ōmishima Island, Ehime, Ōmishima. The ...

(''Rabbit Island''). Ōmishima Island is served by the national Route 317.

Attractions

*The salt factory *Historical and marine museumMuseum of Oomishima
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Ōyamazumi Shrine is a Shinto shrine located on the island of Ōmishima in the Seto Inland Sea. Administratively, it is part of the city of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture. It was the ''ichinomiya'' shrine of former Iyo Province. The main festival of the shrine is h ...

* Toyo Ito Museum of Architecture, Imabari *The entire Ōmishima Island is designated as a National Place of Scenic Beauty

Notable residents

Shozo Fujita (1927–2003) was a Japanese political scientist and intellectual historian, a "leading intellectual of 'postwar Japan'" and a follower of Masao Maruyama. References 1927 births 2003 deaths {{Japan-historian-stub ...

- historian * Tsuruhime - priestess and warlord

External links

Imabari city official site

References

*This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia pages 大三島 and 大三島町, accessed 13 September 2017 Islands of Ehime Prefecture Islands of the Seto Inland Sea Geiyo Islands Special Places of Scenic Beauty {{Ehime-geo-stub