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
Sumoto Castle
Awaji Yumebutai flower beds
Akashi-Kaikyō National Government Park
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
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
Awaji Island
…separated from Honshū by the Akashi Strait and from Shikoku by the Naruto Strait. Since April 5, 1998, it has been connected to Kobe on Honshū by the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, the second longest suspension bridge in the world. Since its completion, the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway across the island has been the main eastern…
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