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Nio Destination Guide

Touring Nio in Japan

Nio in the region of Hyōgo is a city located in Japan - some 299 mi or ( 481 km ) West of Edo , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Nio

Time in Nio is now 12:48 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Tokyo " with a UTC offset of 9 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Tosadomari, Tokushima, Shizuoka, Shirosaki, and Osaka. Being here already, consider visiting Tosadomari . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Nio ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Whirlpools between Awaji Island and Shikoku Island

2:14 min by KayWillsonVB
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Some clips I put together of the whirlpools underneath the bridge between Shikoku and Awaji Island! Please support Bz by buying their album! www.amazon.com ..

cosplay 電王 R良太郎 獣拳戦隊 ゲキレンジャー ジャン ラン

2:47 min by watanabehifumi
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Today, King Power R Ryotaro Friends are volunteers, Waitress押SHIKAKE aka Thanks, Ken Sentai GEKIRENJA beast Jean-run It is also cheering, ^ ^ ☆ Wing Cats ☆ ♪桜塚illustration blog ameblo.jp Lunch today, ..


Les tourbillons de Naruto

0:24 min by Asuju
Views: 79552 Rating: 2.52

2007/02/27 Les tourbillons de Naruto Whirlpools at Naruto ..

Dead or Alive ?

0:10 min by GadgetKei
Views: 5658 Rating: 3.00

slicing a red sea bream and presenting it at table in its original form: Tai no ikezukuri ..


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Interesting facts about this location

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 the Kii Channel. A famous feature of the strait is the Naruto whirlpools. Ōnaruto Bridge, the southern part of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway, crosses over it.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 34.24 134.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Geography of Hyōgo Prefecture, Straits of Japan, Visitor attractions in Hyōgo Prefecture

Ōnaruto Bridge

The Ōnaruto Bridge is a suspension bridge on the route connecting Kobe with Naruto, Tokushima, Japan. Completed in 1985, it has a main span of 876 metres . Although it is one of the largest bridges in the world, it is dwarfed by the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, which is on the same route. In 2004, 6.8 million cars and trucks crossed this bridge, translating into a daily average of about 18,600.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 34.24 134.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Bridges completed in 1985, Suspension bridges in Japan

Naruto whirlpools

The Naruto whirlpools are tidal whirlpools in the Naruto Strait, a channel between Naruto in Tokushima and Awaji Island in Hyōgo, Japan. The strait between Naruto and Awaji island has a width of about 1.3 km . The strait is one of the connections between the Pacific Ocean and the Inland Sea, a body of water separating Honshū and Shikoku, two of the main islands of Japan. The tide moves large amounts of water into the Inland Sea twice per day, and also removes large amounts of water twice a day.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 34.24 134.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Bodies of water of Japan, Geography of Tokushima Prefecture, Visitor attractions in Tokushima Prefecture, Whirlpools

Ōtsuka Museum of Art

The Ōtsuka Museum of Art in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture is the largest exhibition space in Japan. It houses over a thousand full-size ceramic reproductions of major works of art, including the Sistine Chapel, Scrovegni Chapel, triclinium of the Villa of the Mysteries, and Guernica. The works are transfer-printed from photographs before being fired and retouched. A robot named 'Mr Art' gives hour-long gallery talks. The museum cost industrialist Masahito Ōtsuka $400,000,000.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 34.23 134.64 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Ceramic art, Ceramics museums in Japan, Museums in Tokushima Prefecture

Naruto University of Education

Naruto University of Education is a national university in Japan. It is located in Naruto, Tokushima. The current president is Yuzo Tanaka. The school employs around 160 professors.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 34.20 134.60 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Japanese national universities, Universities and colleges in Tokushima Prefecture