, also called in ancient texts, is an island in Hiroshima Bay located in southwestern Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
Geography The island is roughly T-shaped, with the northern, most mountainous lobe sandwiched between mainland Kure and Etajima island.
Transportation The island is connected to mainland of Honshu by a pair of bridges over 80 meters wide strait. The island is served by the national route 487. Also, travel by bus is possible since 2005.呉市概要
Attractions Katsurahama - one of the Kurahashi shipbuilding museum長門の造船歴史館
History 7-8th century - a major center of shipbuilding and port for Yamato period Japan 広島県の島＞安芸群島＞倉橋島（くらはしじま） 13th century - an outpost against Wokou pirates for Kamakura period Japan倉橋（長門）島 1709 - island comes under government of Hiroshima Domain as an important stopover on the trade route to Kaminoseki 1860 - coastal artillery fort is built 1 April 1889 - establishment of Kurahashi-jima village 1890 - with the assignment of island to the Kure Naval District, the access to the island is restricted 1 June 1952 - Kurahashi-jima village status is upgraded to "town". 4 December 1961 - first bridge connection to the mainland 1973 - bridge connection to Etajima 2005 - Kurahashi town merged into the expanded city of Kure
See also Kurahashi, Hiroshima
Notes and references
This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 倉橋島, accessed 14 August 2017