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Awaji Kannon was the dream of real estate magnate Toyokichi Okuuchi. Construction on the statue and its base started in 1977 and took five years to complete. [1] It sat on a 5-story pedestal building that was 20 metres (66 ft) tall. There was also a sixth-floor observation deck within the statue. Okuchi managed the building until his death in 1988.
Awaji Island (淡路島, Awaji-shima) 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 (228.64 square miles). [1] It is the largest island of the Seto Inland Sea.
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).
Members of this family are called cercopithecoids, or Old World monkeys, and include baboons, colobuses, guenons, lutungs, macaques, and other types of monkeys. Cercopithecoidea contains only a single family, Cercopithecidae , and includes nearly half of the species in the suborder Haplorhini , itself one of two suborders in the order Primates.
Jigokudani Monkey Park (地獄谷野猿公苑, Jigokudani Yaen Kōen) is located in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, about 3.5 hours from Tokyo. [1] It is part of the Joshinetsu Kogen National Park (locally known as Shigakogen), and is located in the valley of the Yokoyu-River, in the northern part of the prefecture. The name Jigokudani ...
Awaji may refer to: Awaji Island, an island in Hyōgo Prefecture Awaji Province; Awaji, Hyōgo; Awaji Station, a station in Osaka Prefecture; Awajichō, Tokyo, a ...
The Florida Department of Transportation’s website, FL511.com, has live video streams of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and other area bridges to see Hurricane Helene. Big Bend
The proboscis monkey or long-nosed monkey (Nasalis larvatus) is an arboreal Old World monkey with an unusually large nose, a reddish-brown skin color and a long tail. It is endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo and is found mostly in mangrove forests and on the coastal areas of the island.