Mount Washu - Looking at the Seto Inland Sea

Mount Washu or Washū-zan () is a 133 meter

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in Shimotsui ( 下津井), Kurashiki, Japan, but famous traditionally for viewing the

Seto Inland Sea The , sometimes shortened to the Inland Sea, is the body of water separating Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū, three of the four main islands of Japan. It serves as a waterway connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan. It connects to Osaka ...

dotted with various small islands, and now for commanding the majestic view of the Great Seto Bridge, one of the three bridges connecting Shikoku Island with the main

Honshu Island , historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island sep ...

. On the hill are the visitor center and two observation points. Near the parking lot, now free, stands the

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of a local

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's kyoka, "Shima hitotsu miyage ni hoshii Washū-zan" ( ja, 島一つ土産に欲しい鷲羽山), which means: Mount Washu is the only precious souvenir that I want to bring back home from this trip.

Transportation

Mount Washu can be reached in fifteen minutes by car from Kojima Station of JR's Honshi-Bisan Line or in ten minutes from Kojima Interchange ( :ja:児島インターチェンジ) of

Seto-Chūō Expressway The is a tolled Expressways of Japan, expressway that connects Okayama Prefecture, Okayama and Kagawa Prefecture, Kagawa prefectures in Japan across a series of five small islands in the Seto Inland Sea. Built between 1978 and 1988, it is one of t ...

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{{Authority control Tourist attractions in Okayama Prefecture Seto Inland Sea

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