Rabbit Island
About Rabbit Island
Ōkunoshima is a small island in the Inland Sea of Japan. It is considered to be part of the city of Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture. It is accessible by ferry from Tadanoumi and Ōmishima. It was originally used by the Imperial Japanese Army, with a poison gas factory being built in 1925, that would be crucial in Japan's chemical warfare carried out in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. After World War II, Ōkunoshima was redeveloped as a park, with domestic rabbits being let loose on the island. The rabbits would quickly reproduce, with the current number estimated to be in the thousands. The large rabbit population would lead to Ōkunoshima being nicknamed Usagi Shima . Due to a lack of predators on the island, the rabbits have been habituated.
On the show
There is an island in Japan covered in rabbits that follow you as you walk, and the story goes it was once home to a chemical weapons factory.
from 474: No Such Thing As A Remote Controlled Cabbie · read transcript
More places from this episode
474: No Such Thing As A Remote Controlled Cabbie put 2 places on the map.
- Gunkanjima Island · Japan
Coordinates: 34.3092, 132.9933