Islands in Shikoku, Japan

Shodoshima · 4

Shodoshima 143.64 km² Ferries arrive at Tonoshō from several directions — Takamatsu, Uno, Himeji, Kobe — and the timetable shapes the day more than any clock.
Okinoshima 48.71 km²
Teshima 14.43 km² The ferry from Takamatsu pulls into Ieura, and the first thing one notices is how the slope of Mount Dan rises directly from the harbor, its sudden forest of old sudajii trees pressing close to the road.
Koteshima 1.1 km²

Kutsuna Islands · 9

Nakajima 21.18 km² The ferry from Matsuyama crosses fifteen kilometers of inland sea before tying up at Oura, the island's hub of shops, harbor, and the small supermarket where the day's rhythm collects.
Gogoshima 8.36 km² The ferry from Takahama Port crosses the strait in the time it takes to finish a coffee, docking at either Tomari or Yura depending on the run.
Nuwajima 4.73 km² The ferry from Takahama threads through the Kutsuna islands before easing into a small concrete pier.
Mutsukijima 3.79 km²
Tsuwajijima 2.83 km² The ferry from Takahama threads through several islands of the Kutsuna chain before reaching Tsuwaji port, and by the time you step off, the rhythm of the mainland has thinned considerably.
Futamijima 2.12 km² Stacked clay octopus pots line the edge of Futagami port, weathered to a chalky grey, waiting for the next setting.
Nokutsunajima 0.93 km² The ferry from Takahama is the only way in, and the schedule at Nokunoshima Port is the rhythm by which the island measures its day.
Tsurushima 0.51 km²
Aijima 0.29 km² The passenger boat *Aihoku* leaves from Hojo Port and reaches the island in a little over half an hour, crossing a stretch of the Seto Inland Sea where the water seems to slow the boat down rather than carry it.

Shiwaku Islands · 10

Hiroshima 11.67 km² The boat from Marugame port heads north through the Seto Inland Sea, passing Hiroshima and Ogi-jima before arriving.
Ushijima 6.72 km² The passenger boat from Marugame Port takes about a quarter of an hour to reach Satoura, and no car ferry runs at all.
Tejima 3.39 km²
Koteshima 3.39 km²
Takamijima 2.35 km² The platform signs at Tadotsu Station mark it as the starting point of the JR Shikoku Dosan Line, and the building keeps the slightly oversized proportions of a junction that mattered early.
Sanagishima 1.82 km² The ferry from Tadotsu port runs northwest across the Seto Inland Sea, calling at Takamijima before reaching the narrow island of Sanagishima.
Yoshima 1.12 km²
Hitsuishi-jima 0.92 km²
Koyoshima 0.27 km²
Iwaguroshima 0.16 km²

Kamijima Islands · 5

Iwagijima 8.91 km² The ferry timetable governs everything here.
Yugeshima 8.64 km² Ferries do the work that bridges do elsewhere.
Ikinajima 3.65 km² The bridges between Yuge, Sashima, Ikina, and Iwagi tie four of the twenty-five islands into a single walking and cycling distance, while the rest remain reachable only by boat.
Sajima 2.67 km² The ferry from Innoshima lands at Yuge, and the timetable seems to set the day's pace rather than the clock.
Akahonejima 2.08 km²

Naoshima Islands · 3

Naoshima 7.78 km² The ferry from Miyanoura-ko arrives past a red-and-green lighthouse, and the first thing one notices is not art but the quiet of a working harbor.
Mukaishima 0.74 km²
Byōbujima 0.12 km²

Uwakai Islands · 3

Toshima 2.74 km²
Hiburijima 1.41 km² The ferry from Uwajima port runs only a few times a day, and the crossing to the island takes long enough that the mainland recedes into a thin line before you arrive.
Kashima 0.32 km²

Kurushima Islands · 3

Umashima 0.4 km² The Kurushima Strait moves fast beneath the bridges, and the small island of Mashima sits caught between them, reached by a road that most drivers cross without slowing.
Hikishima 0.23 km²
Kurushima 0.04 km² The ferry from Hashihama leaves nine times a day, and the crossing is over before you have settled into your seat.

Other Islands · 22

大島 44.47 km² 愛媛県
Ushima 41.69 km² 愛媛県
小島 28.04 km² 愛媛県 The ferry from Hatoshihama runs through Kurushima before reaching the smaller pier on the southern side, where the houses cluster and the port works at its own pace.
Okinoshima 9.98 km² 高知県 The ferry from Katashima Port takes the better part of an hour, and by the time the granite cliffs come into view, the mainland feels much further than the distance traveled.
Awashima 3.71 km² 香川県 The ferry from Suda port to Awashima takes only the time of a short conversation, but the crossing reorients something.
Megijima 2.61 km² 香川県 The ferry from Sanport takes about twenty minutes, long enough to watch Takamatsu's skyline soften into the haze of the Inland Sea.
Oshima 2.13 km² 愛媛県
Ōgeshima 1.8 km² 愛媛県
Ijima 1.44 km² 徳島県
Tsushima 1.42 km² 愛媛県
Uoshima 1.35 km² 愛媛県
Ogijima 1.33 km² 香川県 The ferry from Takamatsu takes a little under an hour, threading the Bisan Strait until the silhouette of Ogijima rises from the water.
Takaikamishima 1.33 km² 愛媛県
Ugurushima 1.31 km² 高知県 The ferry leaves Katashima Port twice a day, in the early morning and the middle of the afternoon, and there is no other way on or off.
Ibukijima 1 km² 香川県 The scent of dried anchovy travels before anything else.
石島 0.83 km² 香川県
Koogeshima 0.65 km² 愛媛県 The ferry from Imabari port — the Daini Sekizen, or the Daisan Tokukai — works its way out through the Geiyo islands before reaching Ōshita port, and only from there does the smaller island come into view.
Ōshima 0.64 km² 香川県
Shishijima 0.6 km² 香川県
Aoshima 0.4 km² 愛媛県 The ferry leaves Nagahama and crosses open water in the Iyo-nada for the better part of an hour.
Tebajima 0.39 km² 徳島県 The ferry from Mugi fishing port crosses the strait in the time it takes to drink a coffee, and then the rhythm of the mainland falls away.
本島 0.32 km² 香川県 The ferry from Marugame crosses open water for a stretch before the low silhouette of Honjima settles into view.