Located 2.5 km south of Hoden Port in Okayama City, Inujima can be reached in under ten minutes by ferry. The island is small, with an area of 0.54 km², a circumference of 3.6 km, and a population of about 30 people.

Explore an abandoned copper smelter that has become a unique art museum and the Inujima House Project in the village.

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Inujima is the only inhabited island in the six-island Inujima archipelago. Inujima means ‘dog island,’ and the name comes from a large dog-shaped stone on one of the other islands. Known for its high-quality granite, Inujima has supplied stone for major projects for centuries, including the stone walls of Edo, Osaka and Okayama castles as well as the foundation stones of Osaka harbor, which was built in the late 19th century. Inujima granite is prized throughout Japan.