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Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway
The is a tolled expressway that connects Hyōgo and Tokushima prefectures in Japan by crossings of the Akashi Strait and Naruto Strait. Built between 1970 and 1998, it is one of the three routes of the Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company connecting Honshū and Shikoku islands. The route is signed E28 under Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering." Route description The expressway is long with of that stretch consisting of bridges, chiefly the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge and Ōnaruto Bridge. The expressway has four lanes along the entire route from Kobe to Naruto in Tokushima, with an exception along the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, were it has six lanes. The speed limit is 70 km/h between Awajishima-minami Interchange and Naruto-kita Interchange, 100 km/h between Awaji Interchange and Seidan-Mihara Interchange as well as between Kobe-Nishi Interchange and Tarumi Junction. The remainder of the e ...
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Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company
The , abbreviated as in Japanese or HSBE in English, operates the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto, Nishiseto, and Seto-Chūō expressways and their respective bridges between the islands of Honshu and Shikoku, Japan. It is headquartered in Chūō-ku, Kōbe, Hyōgo Prefecture. The company was established on October 1, 2005 as a result of the privatization of its predecessor, the Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority, itself a successor to the Japan Highway Public Corporation. The company is responsible for maintaining the three expressways and bridge systems between Honshu and Shikoku, as well as the management of the Seto-Ōhashi railway line. Bridges * Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge * Ōnaruto Bridge * Shimotsui-Seto Bridge * Hitsuishijima Bridge * Yoshima Bridge * Kita Bisan-Seto Bridge * Shin-Onomichi Bridge * Innoshima Bridge * Ikuchi Bridge * Tatara Bridge The is a cable-stayed bridge that is part of the Nishiseto Expressway, commonly known as the Shimanami Kaidō しまなみ海道. ...
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Akashi Kaikyō Bridge
The is a suspension bridge which links the city of Kobe on the Japanese island of Honshu to Iwaya 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, and has the second longest central span of any suspension bridge in the world, at , only behind the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge that was opened in March 2022. It is one of the key links of the Honshū–Shikoku Bridge Project, which created three routes across the Inland Sea. History Background The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge forms part of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway, the easternmost route of the bridge system linking the islands of Honshu and Shikoku. The bridge crosses the Akashi Strait (width 4 km) between Kobe on Honshu and Iwaya on Awaji Island; the other major part of the crossing is completed by the Ōnaruto Bridge, which links Awaji Island to Ōge Island across the Naruto Strait. Before the Akashi ...
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Sumoto, Hyōgo
270px, Sumoto City Hall 270px, Sumoto Castle is a city located on Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 42,094 and a population density of 230 persons per km².The total area of the city is . Geography The city of Sumoto occupies the middle of Awaji Island, sandwiched between Awaji and Minamiawaji. with the Gulf of Harima on the Seto Inland Sea to the west and Osaka Bay to the east. The Sumoto River flows into Osaka Bay in the center of the city area, part of which are within the borders of the Setonaikai National Park Surrounding municipalities Hyogo Prefecture * Awaji * Minamiawaji Climate Sumoto has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') with hot summers and cool winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is somewhat lower in the winter. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Sumoto has been declining steadily over the past 60 years. History The ci ...
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Awaji, Hyōgo
270px, Awaji City Hall is a city located on Awaji Island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 42,597 and a population density of 230 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography The city of Awaji occupies the northern third of Awaji Island. It is connected to Kobe City to the north by the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, and is sandwiched between Osaka Bay and the Gulf of Harima on the Seto Inland Sea. There are no large rivers in the city, but there are many agricultural ponds. The Tsuna hills run through the center of the city, with Mount Myoken (522 meters) as the highest point. The Nojima Fault (the focus of the Great Hanshin earthquake)is located in the city. Surrounding municipalities Hyogo Prefecture * Sumoto Climate Awaji has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Awaji is 16.3 °C. The average annual rainfal ...
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Kobe Airport
is an airport on an artificial island just off the coast of Kobe, south of Sannomiya StationAIS Japan
Japan. Opened on February 16, 2006, it primarily handles domestic flights, but can also accommodate international charter flights. In the first year of operation (2006), the airport handled 2,697,000 passengers with an average load factor of 61.1%. In 2017 it handled 3,071,974 passengers with an average load factor of 79.4%.


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The city government of Kobe first proposed an airport adjacent to Port Island in 1971. At the time, government planne ...
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Himeji
260px, Himeji City Hall is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 525,682 in 227,099 households and a population density of 980 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Himeji is located in the central western part of the Harima Plain in the western part of Hyogo Prefecture, and is the central city of the Harima region of the prefecture. The Ichikawa River is located in the central eastern part of the city, and the Senba River and Noda River are located in the center. The Ieshima Islands in the Seto Inland Sea are within the city limits and are located off the coast of Harima Bay. The city is surrounded by the mountains and the sea. Neighbouring municipalities Hyōgo Prefecture * Kakogawa * Takasago * Kasai * Tatsuno * Shisō * Taishi * Kamikawa * Ichikawa Climate Himeji has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') with hot summers and cool winters. Sum ...
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Hanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0005
, derived from the second kanji from and the first kanji from (but in ''on''-reading instead of ''kun''-reading), refers generally to Osaka, Kobe, and the surrounding area in the Kansai region of Japan. In the context of a region of Hyōgo Prefecture, the term is used to refer to the 8 small municipalities (Amagasaki, Ashiya, Inagawa, Itami, Kawanishi, Nishinomiya, Sanda and Takarazuka) located close to the northern coast of Osaka Bay between the two large cities of Kobe and Osaka. In some contexts, the eastern Higashinada and Nada wards of Kobe and Nishiyodagawa Ward of Osaka are also included. The name ''Hanshin'' may also refer to: * Hanshin Department Store, a chain of department stores based in Osaka * Hanshin Electric Railway, a railway that links Osaka and Kobe ** Hanshin Main Line, a line operated by the railway * Hanshin Expressway, a network of tolled highways surrounding Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto * Hanshin Industrial Region, the industrial region encompassi ...
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Tarumi-ku, Kobe
is one of nine wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 26.89 km², and a population of 219,958 (2008). Tarumi is a suburban area in western Kobe, providing residential towns for commuters to downtown Kobe and even Osaka. The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge starts from this ward toward Awaji Island. The area belonged to the Akashi Domain of Harima Province until the end of the Edo period. In 1899 the village of Tarumi was formed within Akashi District. In 1928 Tarumi village was renamed as a town. In July 1941, Tarumi merged into Kobe and became a part of Suma ward. The modern Tarumi ward was formed from the area of the former Tarumi town in 1946. In 1947 a further seven villages from Akashi District merged into Kobe and became a part of Tarumi until 1982 when they were split off into the separate Nishi ward. There is a port in the area, which is used by the coastal fishing industry, which is famous for (''Ammodytes personatus'', the Pacific sandeel—a species of sand lan ...
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Kita-Kobe Route
The , signed as Route 7, is one of the routes of the Hanshin Expressway system serving the Keihanshin area. It is an intercity route that travels in and west to east direction from Kobe to Nishinomiya 270px, Nishinomiya City Hall 270px, Aerial view of Nishinomiya city center 270px, Hirota Shrine is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 484,368 in 218948 households and a population density of ..., with a total length of . List of interchanges The entire expressway lies within Hyōgo Prefecture See also * * References External links * {{Hanshin Expressway Roads in Hyōgo Prefecture 7 1985 establishments in Japan ...
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Hanshin Expressway
The is a network of expressways surrounding Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, Japan. Operated by , it opened in 1962. Portions of the Hanshin Expressway about east of Fukae Station collapsed during the Kobe earthquake on 17 January 1995. These sections were rebuilt by 1996. Portions of the Osaka highway are featured in Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3, and the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune video games from 3 onwards. Routes *1 - Loop Route (Central Osaka) *2 - Yodogawa-Sagan Route (Hokko-kita - Universal Studios Japan) *3 - Kobe Route (Nishi-Nagahori - Amagasaki - Nishinomiya - Kobe) *4 - Bayshore Route ( Osakako - Rinku Town, Kansai Airport) *5 - Bayshore Route (Osakako - Rokko Island) *6 - Yamatogawa Route (Sakai - Matsubara) *7 - Kita-Kobe Route (Igawadani - Shirakawa - Minotani - Arima - Nishinomiya-Yamaguchi) *11 - Ikeda Route (Umeda - Toyonaka - Osaka Airport - Kawanishi - Ikeda) *12 - Moriguchi Route (Kitahama - Moriguchi) *13 - Higashi-Osaka Route (Central Osaka - Higashi-Osak ...
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Hanshin Urban Expwy Sign 0007
, derived from the second kanji from and the first kanji from (but in ''on''-reading instead of ''kun''-reading), refers generally to Osaka, Kobe, and the surrounding area in the Kansai region of Japan. In the context of a region of Hyōgo Prefecture, the term is used to refer to the 8 small municipalities (Amagasaki, Ashiya, Inagawa, Itami, Kawanishi, Nishinomiya, Sanda and Takarazuka) located close to the northern coast of Osaka Bay between the two large cities of Kobe and Osaka. In some contexts, the eastern Higashinada and Nada wards of Kobe and Nishiyodagawa Ward of Osaka are also included. The name ''Hanshin'' may also refer to: * Hanshin Department Store, a chain of department stores based in Osaka * Hanshin Electric Railway, a railway that links Osaka and Kobe ** Hanshin Main Line, a line operated by the railway * Hanshin Expressway, a network of tolled highways surrounding Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto * Hanshin Industrial Region, the industrial region encompassi ...
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Okayama
is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The city was founded on June 1, 1889. , the city has an estimated population of 720,841 and a population density of 910 persons per km2. The total area is . The city is the site of Kōraku-en, known as one of the top three traditional gardens in Japan, and Okayama Castle, which is ranked among the best 100 Japanese castles. The city is famous as the setting of the Japanese fable " Momotarō". Okayama joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2016. History Sengoku period to Teisho period Before the Muromachi period, Okayama was one corner of a farm region and included a small castle built by the Kanemitsu. In the Sengoku period, Ukita Naoie attacked Okayama and attacked the castle for the transportation resources and extensive farmland in the region. Naoie remodeled the castle, built the old Sanyo road to the central part of the castle town, and called in craftsmen both from inside and o ...
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