![]() ![]() The island became part of Yuge Village in Ehime Prefecture, with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on December 15, 1889. The estate later became property of the temple of Tō-ji in Kyoto and its detailed records from the Kamakura period are regarded as a valuable historic resource. ![]() Around the end of the Heian period, the island was the center of a shōen landed estate ( Yuge Island Shōen ruins) controlled by retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa and was noted for its production of salt. Yugeshima has been inhabited since prehistoric times, and the Kushiyama Kofun is a burial mound dating from the Kofun period. Much of the island consists of limestone. The island is mostly hilly, with its highest point at 210 meters above sea level. Yugeshima has a total area of 8.61 square kilometres (3.32 sq mi). ![]() The island is part of the Geiyo Islands archipelago, and is administratively the seat of the town of Kamijima, Ehime. Yugeshima ( 弓削島) is an inhabited island located in northeastern Ehime Prefecture, Japan, in the Seto Inland Sea between Shikoku and Honshu. ![]()
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