In the middle ages, it developed as a post down of Kisarazu road then recently many heavy industries such as oil refineries and shipyards have been implemented on the reclaimed land. Its population is 278,000. Island located between Tsushima island and Kyushu proper. For that reason, it was included among 8 major islands created first by God Izanagi in Japanese mythology. The island is composed essentially of a low plateau and people cultivate rice, fruits and vegetables.
Fishing is also prosperous.
You can reach there by plane or boat from Fukuoka. It began to develop really after the settlement of Tokugawa Ieyasu in the region in 1590 and completed in Iemitsu's era. After the collapse of Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868, the castle has been confiscated by the new government and become the imperial palace. Ina Basin also called Ina Valley is a valley of Tenryu River sandwiched between Kiso Mountains and Ina Mountains. Formed by terraces, flooding plans and alluvial cones, it is 60km long and 4 to 10km wide.