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Geography of Hiroshima
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Ninoshima
thumb|right|Location of Ninoshima, 4 km from Hiroshima (Landsat image) Ninoshima () is an island in the Seto Inland Sea, located near Hiroshima. Gakuen-mae pier on Ninoshima is located from Hiroshima (Ujina) Port. It takes only half an hour to get to Ninoshima from wharf 4 of Hiroshima Port (Ujina Port) by ferry. The island is in size, 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 rese