Awaji Island (original) (raw)

Awaji Island (淡路島 Awajishima) is a 592.1 sq. km. island in Hyogo prefecture, Japan, between the islands of Honshu and Shikoku. It is connected to Honshu by the 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 Sumoto, a port on Osaka Bay.\n