# Hashira Island

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{{Short description|Island in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan}}
{{Expand Japanese|topic=geo|柱島|date=February 2020}}
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| official_name      = Hashira Island
| image_caption      = Hashira Island
| coordinates = {{Coord|34|01|N|132|25|E|type:isle_scale:500000_region:JP}}
| image_skyline      = Hashirajima.island.jpg
| native_name        = {{Nihongo||柱島|Hashira-jima}}
| area_total_km2     = 3.12
| population_total   = 184
| population_as_of   = 2013
| population_density_km2 = 59
| elevation_max_m    = 290
| elevation_min_m    = 0
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{{Nihongo|'''Hashira Island'''|柱島|Hashira-jima|lead=yes}} is an [island](/source/island) in southern [Hiroshima Bay](/source/Hiroshima_Bay) in the [Inland Sea](/source/Seto_Inland_Sea), [Yamaguchi Prefecture](/source/Yamaguchi_Prefecture), [Japan](/source/Japan). Located {{Convert|26|km|mi}} southeast of [Iwakuni](/source/Iwakuni%2C_Yamaguchi), it is part of the [Kutsuna Islands](/source/Kutsuna_Islands) within the [Bōyo Islands](/source/B%C5%8Dyo_Islands) group. The island covers {{convert|3.12|km2|mi2}} and as of 2013 had a population of 184 residents.<ref name="c"/><ref name="n"/><ref name="pop"/>

The highest point on the island is [Mt. Kinzō](/source/Mt._Kinz%C5%8D). Economic activity on the island consists of fishing and cultivation of vegetables and citrus fruit.<ref name="n"/>  Hashirajima is connected to the port at Iwakuni Mondays through Saturdays by a high speed ferry. 

The island is best known for its association in [World War II](/source/World_War_II) with the surrounding '''Hashirajima Anchoring Area''', located {{convert|30|to|40|km|nmi mi|0}} south of the naval base at [Kure, Hiroshima](/source/Kure%2C_Hiroshima). Warships of the [Imperial Japanese Navy](/source/Imperial_Japanese_Navy) that did not need dock repairs would anchor at Hashirajima, and it was also used as a staging area before fleet departures. It was also the site of the loss of the Japanese battleship {{ship|Japanese battleship|Mutsu||2}}, which suffered an internal explosion and sank there on 8 June 1943.<ref name="n"/>

==References==
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<ref name="c">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei | title = 柱島 | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | accessdate = 2013-11-23 | year = 2013 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | language = Japanese | trans-title = Hashira Island | oclc = 173191044 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archivedate = 2007-08-25 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

<ref name="n">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) | title = 柱島 | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | accessdate = 2013-11-23 | year = 2013 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | language = Japanese | trans-title = Hashira Island | oclc = 153301537 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archivedate = 2007-08-25 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

<ref name="pop">{{cite web | url = http://www.city.iwakuni.lg.jp/www/contents/1144485353554/html/common/52895375005.htm | script-title=ja:世帯数及び人口集計表（町丁別・日本人） | year = 2013 | publisher = City of Iwakuni | location = Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan | accessdate = 2013-11-23 | language = Japanese}}</ref>

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Category:Imperial Japanese Navy
Category:Islands of Yamaguchi Prefecture
Category:Islands of the Seto Inland Sea

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