Last weekend my family visited my parents- in-law who live in a rural area of Tokushima, on the island of Shikoku. It took me about three hours to drive there from my home in Nakamozu (なかもず), Sakai City, Osaka. It’s always an enjoyable drive along the Hanshin Expressway past Kobe and over the Akashi Kaikyo […]
Akashi Channel Bridge (World’s Longest Suspension Bridge)
The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, also known as the Pearl Bridge, it the world’s longest suspension bridge. It crosses the Akashi Strait between Maiko in Kobe and and Iwaya on Awaji Island as part of the Honshu-Shikoku Highway. It’s center span is 1,991m (6,532 ft.) and the overall length is 3,991m (12,831 ft.) It is an […]
