Kushima Island

Kushima Island is an islet in Shimane, Chugoku. Kushima Island is situated nearby to the locality 七類湾, as well as near the neighborhood 法田.

Type: Islet
Description: island in Japan
Also known as: “Ku Island”, “Ku Shima”, and “Ku-shima”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Meteor Museum and Shigeru Mizuki Memorial Museum.

Meteor Museum

Museum

Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Shigeru Mizuki Memorial Museum

Museum

Photo: Aimaimyi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Shigeru Mizuki Memorial Museum is situated 4 km south of Kushima Island.

Sea and Life Historical Museum

Museum

Photo: KASEI, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sea and Life Historical Museum is situated 3½ km south of Kushima Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sakaiminato and Mihonoseki.

Sakaiminato on the western border of Tottori Prefecture is an active fishing port and host to a Japanese Self Defense Forces base. The locally-caught crab is especially good, but the big attraction is as the home of Mizuki Shigeru, creator of the popular manga Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro.

Mihonoseki

Suburb

Mihonoseki was a town located in Yatsuka District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 6,541 and a density of 118.05 persons per km2. Mihonoseki is situated 7 km southwest of Kushima Island.