Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

 The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (Akashi Kaikyō Ōhashi) is, with a duration of virtually four kilometers, the arena's longest suspension bridge. Opened in 1998, it spans the Akashi Strait (Akashi Kaikyo) between Kobe and Awaji Island and is part of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway, one in every of three expressways which connect Honshu with Shikoku.

An interesting manner to revel in the bridge up close is taking walks the Maiko Marine Promenade, a circuit of observatory walkways beneath the bridge's platform, approximately 50 meters above the water. Accessed by way of elevator from the base of the bridge (Kobe aspect), the walkways provide unique views of the bridge's interior, the Akashi Strait and Osaka Bay.

The Bridge Exhibition Center at the foot of the Kobe side of the bridge offers properly-offered statistics approximately the planning and construction of the bridge and approximately other suspension bridges round the world, even though the targeted explanations are to be had in Japanese handiest.

Getting there and around

The Bridge Exhibition Center and the Maiko Marine Promenade are located a short stroll from Maiko Station on the JR Sanyo Line (25 mins, 310 yen from Sannomiya Station through nearby train) or Maiko-Koen Station at the Sanyo Railway Main Line