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 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.
Year Population Number of households 1822 80 18 1862 110 22 1919 1,200 240 1935 1,500 280 1945 982 241 1951 1,350 242 1955 843 220 1960 629 189 1969 750 190 1975 353 133 1984 224 93 1991 130 70 1996 115 59 2001 79 49 2002 70 45 2005 72 44 2017 47 35
Film locations Seibu Keisatsu (July 1984)
References
External links
Benesse Art Site Naoshima Inujima Island (Okayama Prefectural International Tourism Association)