Shōdo Island
Shōdoshima or is an island located in the Inland Sea of Japan. The name means "Island of Small Beans". There are two towns on the island: Tonoshō and Shōdoshima, composing the district of Shōzu.
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- Shōdoshima
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- 小豆島
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- JP
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- Satellite image of Shōdoshima
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- Japan
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- Seto Inland Sea, Japan
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- 153.30
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- Japan
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- Prefecture
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- Kagawa Prefecture
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Shōdoshima or is an island located in the Inland Sea of Japan. The name means "Island of Small Beans". There are two towns on the island: Tonoshō and Shōdoshima, composing the district of Shōzu.
The island is famous as the setting for the novel Twenty-Four Eyes and its subsequent film adaptations and the manga Teasing Master Takagi-san and its adaptations. The island was the first area of Japan to successfully grow olives, and it is sometimes known as "Olive Island".