Sensui-jima
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| Waters | Seto Inland Sea | |
| Geographical location | 34 ° 23 '0 " N , 133 ° 23' 50" E | |
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| length | 1.5 km | |
| width | 1.5 km | |
| surface | 92 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 158.7 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Sensui-jima ( Japanese 仙 酔 島 , formerly also 仙 醉 島 ) is an island in the Japanese Seto Inland Sea and part of the marine area of the port of Tomonoura . It belongs to the Fukuyama Township of Hiroshima Prefecture . The Bingojima Islands are to the west, the Hashirijima Islands to the south and the Kasaoka Islands to the east . Today the island is uninhabited, in 1995 two people lived here. However, it is still a tourist spot, which is visited in spring for the flower display ( hanami ) and in summer for swimming and camping. Various hiking trails lead over and around the island. A ferry, a scaled-down replica of the Iroha Maru , a steamship from the mid-19th century, leaves Tomonoura every 20 minutes during the day.
Every year in May the Tomonoura Kankō Taiami ( 鞆 の 浦 観 光 網 ) is held, a festival at which traditional net fishing is demonstrated. The island's name comes from the legend that "their beauty even drunk a hermit" ( 「仙人が酔うに程美しい島」 ).
The Hotel Kokumin Shukusha Sensuijima ( 国 民宿 舎 仙 酔 島 ) with various bathing facilities offers overnight accommodation .
To the southwest is the island of Kōgō-shima ( 皇后 島 ; 34 ° 22 ′ 50 ″ N , 133 ° 23 ′ 24 ″ E ), to the west of Benten-jima ( 弁 天 島 ; 34 ° 22 ′ 59 ″ N , 133 ° 23 ′ 11 ″ E ) and southeast of Tsutsuji-shima ( つ つ じ 島 ; 34 ° 22 ′ 44 ″ N , 133 ° 24 ′ 21 ″ E ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 15 昭和 28 年 2 月 島嶼 . (No longer available online.) Hiroshima Prefecture, 1953, formerly the original ; Retrieved March 12, 2015 (Japanese, Sensui-jima, Benten-shima and Tsutsuji-shima spelled here as 仙 醉 島 , 辨 天 島 and 躑躅 島 .). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Sensui-jima - Top choice island in Tomo-no-ura. Lonely Planet, accessed July 12, 2017 .
- ↑ 仙 酔 島 （せ ん す い じ ま） . In: 日本 の 島 へ 行 こ う . Retrieved March 12, 2015 (Japanese).
- ↑ 「鞆 の 浦 慕 情」 ゆ か り の ス ポ ッ ト . Fukuyama City, accessed March 12, 2015 (Japanese).
- ↑ Sensui-jima - Top choice island in Tomo-no-ura. Lonely Planet, accessed July 12, 2017 .
