Hikoshima (彦島) (also called Hikishima (引島) in Nihon Shoki) is an island on the south-west tip of Honshu, Japan.

[1] Also, there is a bridge connection to the small 竹の子島 (Takenoko-jima) on the northwestern tip of the Hikoshima.

[2] Following the Battle of Dan-no-ura, the refugees from the Taira clan has migrated to island and set the basis for the local agriculture.

[3] The island industrialization began in 1924 with the building of ammonium sulphate plant with German license in 1924.

[4] Currently island is heavily populated and industrialized, including shipyard[5] and titanium&zinc smelter.