Ie-shima (伊江島 -island) is an island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It lies a few kilometers off the Motobu Peninsula of Okinawa Honto. It measures 20 km around. The island constitutes Ie Village. Okinawa Prefecture (Japanese 沖縄県; Okinawan Uchinā) is Japans southernmost prefecture, and consists of hundreds of islands known as The Ryūkyū Islands or Ryūkyūs, in an island chain over 1000 km long, which extends southwest from Kyūshū (the southwesternmost of Japans main four islands) to Taiwan, although the northern... Okinawa Honto (沖縄本島, the main island of Okinawa) is the largest of the Ryukyu Islands at the edge of the East China Sea, helping to define the seas boundary with the open Pacific Ocean. ... Ie (伊江村; -son) is a village located in Kunigami district, Okinawa, Japan. ...

The most notable geographic feature is a peak called Gusukuyama (or 'Tacchu') that resembles a volcano but is actually an erosion artifact.

U.S. journalist Ernie Pyle died there during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. There is a monument dedicated to his memory in a coral cave on a beach on the souther coast of the island. Ernie Pyle Memorial, Ie-jima, Okinawa, Japan Ernest Taylor Pyle, better known as Ernie Pyle (August 3, 1900 – April 18, 1945) was an American journalist, who wrote as a roving correspondent for the Scripps Howard newspaper chain from 1935 on. ... Battle of Okinawa Conflict World War II, Pacific War Date April 1, 1945 – June 21, 1945 Place Okinawa, Japan Result American victory The Battle of Okinawa, fought on the island of Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands (south of the four big islands of Japan) was the largest amphibious assault during... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

The United States military maintains a small 'auxiliary landing strip' on Ie, although there is no permanent installation or personnel.

Alternately called "Peanut Island," for its general shape and peanut crop, or "Flower Island," for its abundant flora and more sizeable crop, Ie now draws tourists by bus and ferry, though its overnight accommodations are not yet extensive.