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is an island
Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
 in Hyogo Prefecture
Hyogo Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Kinki region on Honshu island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, in the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea between the islands of Honshu
Honshu

or Honshu is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait....
 and Shikoku
Shikoku

is the smallest and least populous of the four main islands of Japan, located south of Honshu and east of Kyushu island. Its ancient names include Iyo-no-futana-shima , Iyo-shima , and Futana-shima ....
. As a transit between those two islands Awaji originally means "the road to Awa
Awa Province (Tokushima)

Awa was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today a part of Tokushima prefecture on Shikoku. Awa was bordered by Tosa province, Sanuki province, and Iyo provinces....
", the historic province bordering the Shikoku side of the Naruto strait
Naruto Strait

is a strait between Awaji Island and Shikoku in Japan. It connects Harima nada, the eastern part of the Inland Sea and Kii Channel. A famous feature of the strait is the Naruto whirlpool....
 now part of Tokushima Prefecture
Tokushima Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on Shikoku island. The Capital is the city of Tokushima, Tokushima....
. Awaji was also written as ??.

island is separated from Honshu by the Akashi Strait and from Shikoku by the Naruto Strait
Naruto Strait

is a strait between Awaji Island and Shikoku in Japan. It connects Harima nada, the eastern part of the Inland Sea and Kii Channel. A famous feature of the strait is the Naruto whirlpool....
. Since April 5 1998 it is connected to Kobe
Kobe

is the List of Japanese cities by population in Japan and as the capital city of Hyogo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1.5 million....
 on Honshu by the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge
Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge

The , also known as the Pearl Bridge, is the world's longest suspension bridge . It is located in Japan and was completed in 1998. The bridge links the city of Kobe on the mainland of Honshu to Iwaya on Awaji Island by crossing the busy Akashi Strait....
, the longest suspension bridge in the world.






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is an island
Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
 in Hyogo Prefecture
Hyogo Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Kinki region on Honshu island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, in the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea between the islands of Honshu
Honshu

or Honshu is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait....
 and Shikoku
Shikoku

is the smallest and least populous of the four main islands of Japan, located south of Honshu and east of Kyushu island. Its ancient names include Iyo-no-futana-shima , Iyo-shima , and Futana-shima ....
. As a transit between those two islands Awaji originally means "the road to Awa
Awa Province (Tokushima)

Awa was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today a part of Tokushima prefecture on Shikoku. Awa was bordered by Tosa province, Sanuki province, and Iyo provinces....
", the historic province bordering the Shikoku side of the Naruto strait
Naruto Strait

is a strait between Awaji Island and Shikoku in Japan. It connects Harima nada, the eastern part of the Inland Sea and Kii Channel. A famous feature of the strait is the Naruto whirlpool....
 now part of Tokushima Prefecture
Tokushima Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on Shikoku island. The Capital is the city of Tokushima, Tokushima....
. Awaji was also written as ??.

Geography

The island is separated from Honshu by the Akashi Strait and from Shikoku by the Naruto Strait
Naruto Strait

is a strait between Awaji Island and Shikoku in Japan. It connects Harima nada, the eastern part of the Inland Sea and Kii Channel. A famous feature of the strait is the Naruto whirlpool....
. Since April 5 1998 it is connected to Kobe
Kobe

is the List of Japanese cities by population in Japan and as the capital city of Hyogo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1.5 million....
 on Honshu by the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge
Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge

The , also known as the Pearl Bridge, is the world's longest suspension bridge . It is located in Japan and was completed in 1998. The bridge links the city of Kobe on the mainland of Honshu to Iwaya on Awaji Island by crossing the busy Akashi Strait....
, the longest suspension bridge in the world. Since its completion the Kobe Awaji Naruto Expressway across the island has been the main eastern land link between Honshu and Shikoku. The Naruto whirlpool
Naruto whirlpool

The is a tidal whirlpool in the Naruto strait, a channel between Naruto, Tokushima in Tokushima prefecture and Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan....
 forms in the strait between Naruto, Tokushima
Naruto, Tokushima

is a cities of Japan located in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 62,453 and the population density of 461 persons per km?....
 and Awaji.

The Nojima fault
Geologic fault

In geology, a fault or fault line is a planar Fracture in rock in which the rock on one side of the fracture has moved with respect to the rock on the other side....
, responsible for the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake
Great Hanshin earthquake

The Great Hanshin Earthquake, or Kobe earthquake as it is more commonly known outside Japan, was an earthquake that occurred on Tuesday, January 17, 1995, at 05:46 Japan Standard Time in the southern part of Hyogo Prefecture, Japan....
, cuts across the island. A section of the fault was protected and turned into the in the 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. The and the are located near Fukura.

History

According to the creation myth of Shinto
Shinto

is the former state religion of Japan and remains the most common name for the nation's non-Buddhist ethnic religion practices. It was formed from disparate local mythologies, beginning with the Kojiki of 712, into an imperial cult called State Shinto that solidified in the Meiji period....
 faith Awaji was the first of the oyashima islands born from the two kami
Kami

is the Japanese language word for the spirits within objects in the Shinto faith. The oldest surviving record of their creation is in the Kojiki of 712....
 Izanagi
Izanagi

is a deity born of the seven divine generations in Japanese mythology and Shintoism, and is also referred to in the roughly translated Kojiki as "male-who-invites" or Izanagi-no-mikoto....
 and Izanami
Izanami

In Japanese mythology, is a goddess of both creation and death, as well as the former wife of the god Izanagi. She is also referred to as Izana-mi, Izanami-no-mikoto or Izanami-no-kami....
. Awaji constituted a province between the 7th and the 19th century, Awaji province
Awaji Province

Awaji was an old provinces of Japan of Japan covering Awaji Island, between Honshu and Shikoku. Today it is part of Hyogo Prefecture. It is sometimes called Tanshu ....
, and was a part of Nankaido
Nankaido

The , literally meaning "southern sea road," was both an ancient region of Japan and an ancient road which connected provincial capitals in this region....
. Today the island consists of three municipalities, Awaji
Awaji, Hyogo

is a cities of Japan located on Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.Awaji City was founded on April 1, 2005 from the Merger and dissolution of municipalities of Japan of the town of Awaji with the neighboring towns of Higashiura, Hyogo, Hokudan, Hyogo, Ichinomiya, Hyogo and Tsuna, Hyogo, all in Tsuna District, Hyogo....
, Sumoto
Sumoto, Hyogo

is a cities of Japan located on Awaji island and in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on February 11, 1940.As of March 31, 2008, the city has an estimated population of 50,087 and a population density of 267 persons per square kilometer....
 and Minamiawaji
Minamiawaji, Hyogo

is a cities of Japan located in the southern part of Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.The city was formed on January 11, 2005 from the merger of all four towns of the former Mihara District, Hyogo: Midori, Hyogo, Seidan, Hyogo, Mihara, Hyogo and Nandan, Hyogo....
.

The Awaji Ningyo-Joruri, a over 500-years-old form of traditional puppet theater or ningyo-joruri, daily performs several shows in the in Minamiawaji, Hyogo
Minamiawaji, Hyogo

is a cities of Japan located in the southern part of Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.The city was formed on January 11, 2005 from the merger of all four towns of the former Mihara District, Hyogo: Midori, Hyogo, Seidan, Hyogo, Mihara, Hyogo and Nandan, Hyogo....
 in the southern part of the island and is designated an Intangible Cultural Heritage
Intangible Cultural Heritage

The notion of intangible cultural heritage emerged in the 90s, as a counterpart to the World Heritage that focuses mainly on tangible aspects of culture....
 of Japan. The Awaji puppets perform popular traditional dramas but have their origins in religious rituals.

Tadao Ando
Tadao Ando

is a Japanese people architect whose approach to architecture was once categorised as critical regionalism. Ando has led a storied life, working as a truck driver and boxer prior to settling on the profession of architecture, despite never having taken formal training in the field....
 designed several structures on the island, amidst them the and the Awaji Yumebutai
Awaji Yumebutai

The Awaji Yumebutai is a conference center, hotel and memorial in Awaji, Hyogo built in the wake of the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake. It was designed by Tadao Ando....
, both located in Awaji, Hyogo
Awaji, Hyogo

is a cities of Japan located on Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.Awaji City was founded on April 1, 2005 from the Merger and dissolution of municipalities of Japan of the town of Awaji with the neighboring towns of Higashiura, Hyogo, Hokudan, Hyogo, Ichinomiya, Hyogo and Tsuna, Hyogo, all in Tsuna District, Hyogo....
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