Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
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The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is a suspension bridge that links the city of Kobe on the Japanese island of Honshu and Iwaya, Awaji on Awaji Island. It is part of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway, and cross
View from Kobe towards Awaji Island, 2010
The construction site of the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in December 1995
The illuminated Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, 2006.
Main supporting towers
Awaji Island
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Awaji Island is an island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, in the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea between the islands of Honshū and Shikoku. The island has an area of 592.17 square kilometres. It is th
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
…Japanese: 明石海峡大橋, Hepburn: Akashi Kaikyō Ōhashi) is a suspension bridge that links the city of Kobe on the Japanese island of Honshu and Iwaya, Awaji on Awaji Island. It is part of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway, and crosses the busy and turbulent Akashi Strait (Akashi Kaikyō in Japanese). It was completed in 1998…
Sumoto Castle
Awaji Yumebutai flower beds
Akashi-Kaikyō National Government Park
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge