Shōdo Island

Also known as Shodoshima, Shōdoshima, Shodo Island, Shōdo-shima, Shodo-shima, Shodo Sima

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.

Key facts

Islands.name: Shōdoshima
Islands.native_name: 小豆島
Islands.native_name_lang: JP
Islands.image_name: Syodoshima landsat.jpg
Islands.image_alt: Satellite image of Shōdoshima
Islands.pushpin_map: Japan
Islands.location: Seto Inland Sea, Japan
Islands.area_km2: 153.30
Islands.country: Japan
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title: Prefecture
Islands.country_admin_divisions: Kagawa Prefecture
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1: District
Islands.country_admin_divisions_1: Shōzu District

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: island
Country: Japan
Located in: Shozu District
Area: 153.25
Body of water: Harima Sea
Official website: shodoshima.or.jp
Image: Syodoshima landsat.jpg
Perimeter: 126

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Commons category: Shodo Island
located in/on physical feature: Seto Inland Sea
located in protected area: Setonaikai National Park
different from: Shōdoshima-chō

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Encyclopedic overview

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Geography
History
Tourism and culture
Sister island
See also
Notes
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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".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shōdo Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.