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The island has an area of 592.17 square kilometres (228.64 square miles). [1] It is the largest island of the Seto Inland Sea. As a transit between those two larger islands, Awaji originally means "the road to Awa", [2] the historic province bordering the Shikoku side of the Naruto Strait, now part of Tokushima Prefecture.
The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (Japanese: 明石海峡大橋, Hepburn: Akashi Kaikyō Ōhashi) is a suspension bridge which 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).
The site is located in a hilly area three kilometers from the western coastline of Awaji Island and occupies an area of approximately 500 meters east-to-west by 100 meters north-to-south. It was discovered in 2001 and archaeological excavations have been conducted since 2007.
Japanese islands outlined. Japan is an island country of 14,125 islands, of which approximately 260 are inhabited. [1] [2] Japan is the fourth-largest island country in the world, behind Australia, Indonesia, and Madagascar. [3]
Sumoto Castle located on the southeast coast of Awaji Island on a long and narrow ridge of the 130-meter Mount Mikuma. Awaji Island has been a strategic transportation hub for the Kinai region since ancient times, forming part of the route between Honshu and Shikoku and controlling maritime transportation between the Pacific Ocean and the Seto Inland Sea and Osaka Bay.
Awaji is divided into three municipal sections: Awaji is the northernmost section, Sumoto is the most urban and central section, and four southern towns make up the city of Minamiawaji. It was founded in the 7th century as a part of Nankaidō. In Nankaidō, Awaji Province was between Kii Province and Awa Province. Awaji means literally "Road to ...
Awaji City Hall. Awaji (淡路市, Awaji-shi) is a city located on Awaji Island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 June 2022, the city had an estimated population of 42,597 and a population density of 230 persons per km 2. [1] The total area of the city is 184.32 square kilometres (71.17 sq mi).
The bridge is complemented by the Konaruto Bridge ("Small Naruto Bridge") and Muya Bridge between Ōge Island and Shikoku. When the bridge was built, space was left for the proposed Shikoku Shinkansen [ ja ] ; however, no progress has been made on the train line, so the space intended originally for the bullet trains is used as an observatory ...