Inujima


Inujima is a Japanese island in the Seto Inland Sea, located near the coast of Okayama Prefecture. It is part of Higashi-ku, Okayama.
, Inujima has a population of 47.

Access from mainland

A ferry service operates between Hōden and Inujima.

Industrial heritage

A copper refinery was opened on the island in 1909, but this closed in 1919. The brick-built refinery remained largely undemolished, and from 2008, it formed the centrepiece of a large-scale art project designed to stimulate tourism to the island.

Inujima Art Project

The Inujima Art Project is a rehabilitation project covering the entire island by the Naoshima Fukutake Art Museum Foundation, a project of Benesse Corporation. It opened to the public in April 2008.
The first phase of the project was to turn the old seirensho copper refinery into a model of contemporary architecture and art to recycle the Japanese industrial heritage. It was the coordinated efforts of the architect Hiroshi Sambuichi and Yukinori Yanagi. The museum reuses elements of the refinery and the former house of Yukio Mishima, a Nobel-nominated writer known for his vocal dissent of Japan's modernization.

Population data

The population of the island has changed over the years as follows.
YearPopulationNumber of households
18228018
186211022
19191,200240
19351,500280
1945982241
19511,350242
1955843220
1960629189
1969750190
1975353133
198422493
199113070
199611559
20017949
20027045
20057244
20174735

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