Kashiko Island

Kashiko Island (賢島, Kashiko-jima) is an island in Ago Bay. It is in the city of Shima, Mie Prefecture, Japan.

Kashiko Island from National Land Image Information (color aerial photographs), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

The island was uninhabited until the 1920s when a railway built by Shima Electric Railway (now known as the Shima Line) was constructed to serve as the endpoint of the line. This railway sparked the creation of a tourism industry that still thrives. Kintetsu runs limited express trains from Osaka and Nagoya directly to this island and has many business enterprises there.

The surface area of the island is 0.66 square kilometres (0.25 sq mi) and the circumference is 7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi)

Kashiko Island hosted the 42nd G7 summit in May 2016.

  • Kashiko Island Great BridgeKashiko Island is on the right.
    Kashiko Island Great Bridge
    Kashiko Island is on the right.
  • Shima Kanko Hotel Classic
    Shima Kanko Hotel Classic
  • Kompira Shrine
    Kompira Shrine
  • Port of Kashikojima
    Port of Kashikojima
  • Shima Marine Land
    Shima Marine Land
  • North wing of Kashikojima Station
    North wing of Kashikojima Station
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