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February 14, 2021 rabbit-island.info Okunoshima is not unique among the some 3,000 islands dotting Japan s Seto Inland Sea, between Hiroshima prefecture and the island of Shikoku. Neither the biggest nor the smallest, the tiny land mass measures less than a square kilometre. There s no natural water supply that s shipped in from the mainland and as of 2010, only 26 people live on the island, but Okunoshima is far better known for its population of four-legged residents. There is a strange propensity in Japan to name islands after cute critters, and myths abound of how beloved animals arrived in several remote destinations spanning the Japanese archipelago. Tashirojima, for example, acquired its famous cats during the late Edo period (1603-1868), to act as pest control on the island s silkworm farms, a wholesome, practical explanation. ....