Across the Seto Inland Sea
The Seto Great Bridge (Seto Ōhashi) is a series of suspension bridges spanning the Seto Inland Sea between the southern island of Shikoku and the main Japanese island of Honshu. Opened in 1988, its various spans are twelve kilometres long in total and straddle a chain of five small islands. It's both a road and a rail bridge, and is a bucket list item for serious cyclists.
In his book "The Inland Sea" the expatriate American writer Donald Richie describes what life was like in the Inland Sea before the coming of the bridge, including in some of those islands whose way of life was irrevocably changed by it.
This photograph was taken from the train, on the journey from Matsuyama in Shikoku to Okayama in Honshu, and on to Kyoto.
2015
Across the Seto Inland Sea
The Seto Great Bridge (Seto Ōhashi) is a series of suspension bridges spanning the Seto Inland Sea between the southern island of Shikoku and the main Japanese island of Honshu. Opened in 1988, its various spans are twelve kilometres long in total and straddle a chain of five small islands. It's both a road and a rail bridge, and is a bucket list item for serious cyclists.
In his book "The Inland Sea" the expatriate American writer Donald Richie describes what life was like in the Inland Sea before the coming of the bridge, including in some of those islands whose way of life was irrevocably changed by it.
This photograph was taken from the train, on the journey from Matsuyama in Shikoku to Okayama in Honshu, and on to Kyoto.
2015