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Naruto whirlpools
The world’s largest “Naruto whirlpools” that look through the glass 45m above from the sea is so thrilling! My legs were unconsciously frozen with fear of falling the glass! Naruto Strait is a 1.3-km strait between Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture and Oge Island in Tokushima Prefecture. Naruto Strait is very famous for its whirlpools and is said to be one of the world’s three major tidal currents, along with the “Strait of Messina” in Italy and the “Seymour Narrows” in the United States. Mechanism of whirlpools in the Naruto Strait The whirlpools in the Naruto Strait are related to the tidal currents caused by the ebb and flow of […]
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Nushima Island (birthplace of Japan)
Nushima Island in Hyogo Prefecture is the birthplace of Japan! In the age of the gods, Izanagi and Izanami made the most of the Japanese Archipelago on this island! Nushima Island is a small island with about 10km of the circumference. It is located 4.6km south of the southern tip of Awaji Island (Minami Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture). There is a regular liner from the Habu fishing harbor in Awaji Island and you can go to Nushima Island in 10 minutes. When seeing this island from the sky, you can see the shape of the island is like a Magatama (comma-shaped beads, one of the three Sacred Treasures symbolizing the […]