Awaji Island ( The Japanese language is a spoken and written language used mainly in Japan. ...Jp. 淡路島 Awajishima) is a 592.1 sq. km. A small island in the Adriatic sea An island is any piece of land smaller than a continent and larger than a rock, that is completely surrounded by water. ...island in Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県 Hyōgo-ken) is located in the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan. ...Hyogo prefecture, Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0. ...Japan, in the Eastern part of the The Inland Sea and its major straits with the bay of Osaka (dashed) Formally named the Seto Inland Sea (瀬戸内海 Seto Naikai), the Inland Sea is the body of water separating Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, three of the main islands of Japan. ...Seto Inland Sea between the islands of Honshū (本州) is the largest island of Japan, called the Mainland; it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and north-east of Kyushu across the Shimonoseki Strait. ...Honshu and Shikoku (四国, four provinces) is the smallest and least populous of the four main islands of Japan. ...Shikoku. It is connected to Honshu by the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge Akashi_Kaikyo Bridge on April 27, 2003. ...Akashi Kaikyo Bridge. Since the completion of the Kobe Awaji Naruto Expressway, it has been the main eastern land link between Honshu and Shikoku.

Its only major city is Categories: Cities in Hyogo Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ...Sumoto, a port on Satellite photo of northern Osaka Bay Osaka Bay (大阪湾 Osaka-wan) is a bay in southern Japan, separated from the Pacific Ocean by the Kii Channel and from the Harima Gulf by the Akashi Strait. ...Osaka Bay.

The Nojima There are various types of faults: In document ISO/CD 10303-226, a fault is defined as an abnormal condition or defect at the component, equipment, or sub-system level which may lead to a failure. ...fault, responsible for the 1995 Categories: Japan-related stubs | 1995 | Earthquakes | Japanese history ...Great Hanshin earthquake, cuts across the island. A section of the fault was protected and turned into the Nojima Fault Preservation Museum, so as to show how the movement in the ground cut across roads, hedges and other installations. Outside of this protected area, the fault zone is less visible, except for some oddities in equipments (for instance, some ditch has a peculiar bend where the fault shifted its position).

One of the famous attractions is the Naruto strait, view from Awaji, with flow from the right The Naruto whirlpool is a tidal whirlpool in the Naruto strait, a channel between Naruto in Tokushima and Awaji Island in Hyogo, Japan. ...Naruto whirlpool between Naruto (鳴門市; -shi) is a city located in Tokushima, Japan. ...Naruto in Tokushima Prefecture (徳島県 Tokushima-ken) is located on Shikoku island, Japan. ...Tokushima and Awaji Island.

The English soccer team stayed on Awaji during the Soccer World Cup 2002.

Ningyo joruri (puppet plays) are famous, and conducted at Naruto.

According to ancient myth, Japan was born in Awaji.

External link

• WikiTravel:Awaji Island