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Akashi Kaikyō Bridge
The is a suspension bridge, which links the city of Kobe on the Japanese mainland of Honshu to Iwaya on Awaji Island.
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Akashi Strait
The is a strait between the Japanese islands of Honshu and Awaji.
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Awa Province (Tokushima)
was an old province of Japan in the area that is today a part of Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku.
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Awaji Province
was an old province of Japan covering Awaji Island, between Honshū and Shikoku.
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Awaji ware
, also known as Minpei or Mimpei ware, is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally made on Awaji Island in the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea, western Japan.
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Awaji Yumebutai
The is a complex of conference center, hotel and memorial in Awaji, Hyōgo, built near the epicenter of the 1995 Great Hanshin Awaji earthquake.
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Awaji, Hyōgo
is a city located on Awaji Island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
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Creation myth
A creation myth (or cosmogonic myth) is a symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it.
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Fukura
Fukura (written: 福良) is a Japanese surname.
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Great Hanshin earthquake
The, or Kobe earthquake, occurred on January 17, 1995 at 05:46:53 JST (January 16 at 20:46:53 UTC) in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, known as Hanshin.
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Honshu
Honshu is the largest and most populous island of Japan, located south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Straits.
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Hyōgo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshu island.
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Intangible cultural heritage
An intangible cultural heritage (ICH) is a practice, representation, expression, knowledge, or skill, as well as the instruments, objects, artefacts, and cultural spaces that are considered by UNESCO to be part of a place's cultural heritage.
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Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water.
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Izanagi
is a deity born of the seven divine generations in Japanese mythology and Shinto, and his name in the Kojiki is roughly translated to as "he-who-invites" or Izanagi-no-mikoto.
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Izanami
In Japanese mythology, Izanami no mikoto (伊弉冉尊 or 伊邪那美命, meaning "she who invites") is a goddess of both creation and death, as well as the former wife of the god Izanagi-no-mikoto.
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Japan
Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.
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Japan National Tourism Organization
The, JNTO, provides information about Japan to promote travel to and in the country.
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Japanese people
are a nation and an ethnic group that is native to Japan and makes up 98.5% of the total population of that country.
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Kami
are the spirits or phenomena that are worshipped in the religion of Shinto.
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Kobe
is the sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture.
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Minamiawaji
is a city in the southern part of Awaji Island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
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Nankaidō
is a Japanese geographical term.
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Naruto Strait
is a strait between Awaji Island and Shikoku in Japan.
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Naruto whirlpools
The are tidal whirlpools in the Naruto Strait, a channel between Naruto in Tokushima and Awaji Island in Hyōgo, Japan.
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Naruto, Tokushima
is a city located in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.
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Nojima Fault
is a fault that is responsible for the Great Hanshin earthquake.
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Puppet
A puppet is an object, often resembling a human, animal or mythical figure, that is animated or manipulated by a person called a puppeteer.
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Seto Inland Sea
The, also known as Setouchi or often shortened to Inland Sea, is the body of water separating Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū, three of the four main islands of Japan.
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Shikoku
is the smallest (long and between wide) and least populous (3.8 million) of the four main islands of Japan, located south of Honshu and east of the island of Kyushu.
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Shinto
or kami-no-michi (among other names) is the traditional religion of Japan that focuses on ritual practices to be carried out diligently to establish a connection between present-day Japan and its ancient past.
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Sumoto, Hyōgo
is a city located on Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
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Tadao Ando
is a Japanese self-taught architect whose approach to architecture and landscape was categorized by architectural historian Francesco Dal Co as "critical regionalism".
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Thirteen Buddhas of Awaji Island
The Thirteen Buddhas of Awaji Island（淡路島十三仏霊場, Awajishima jūsan butsu reijō）are a group of 13 Buddhist sacred sites on Awaji Island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, in the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea between the islands of Honshū and Shikoku.
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Tokushima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on Shikoku island.
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United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is a federal Cabinet department of the U.S. government concerned with transportation.
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Awaji island, Awaji-shima, Awajishima, Awazi, Awazi Island, 淡路島.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awaji_Island
