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Awaji Island Twelve Walking Courses, from Short and Easy to Long Full-Day Treks, Featuring Many Top Attractions on Walking/ Awaji Island! Trekking Course Guide AWAJI SUMOTO MINAMIAWAJI Awaji Island Twelve walking courses, from short and easy to long full-day treks, featuring many top attractions on Walking/ Awaji Island! Trekking Course Guide Enjoy the best of Awaji Island — Town or mountains, walking or hiking! N To Akashi Port To Akashi↑ Kobe Awaji Jenova Line （13 min.） Awaji-shiP. 4-5 (Pearl Bridge) Awaji Island Akashi Kaikyō Bridge Panoramic fields of flowers overlooking the sea are a sight to behold! Course 1 ∴ Matsuhonoura Bay Course 1 Michi-no-Eki Hanasajiki Park/ Course 2 31 Awaji Walking/ Akashi Kaikyō Bridge Long Course Iwaya Port Distance : About 27 km Time required : About 7 hours Awaji-Kita Smart IC （For entrance only） Awaji IC/SA Road and trail, plus the Akashi Kaikyo- Bridge! Trekking Course 2 Awaji Hanasajiki（P. 4～5） 28 Ishinoneya Green Park/ Akashi Kaikyō Bridge Short Course Course Distance : About 8 km Time required : About 2 hours Higashiura IC Michi-no-Eki P. 6-7 31 71 Higashiura A peaceful course that gives you a feel for history Terminal Park Guide Course 3 Course 3 Gossa Kaito Site/Nomad Mura Long Course Murozu PA Distance : About 19km Time required : About 5 hours Hokudan IC Course 4 Hit two major power spots! Awaji Ishinoneya Green Park（ P. 4～5） Gossa Kaito Higashiura 12 recommended Course 4 Site Bus Terminal Izanagi Jingu Shrine/ Parchez Kaori no Yakata courses highlight the Iwagami Jinja Shrine Short Course Kaori no Yu 28 Distance : About 10 km Time required : About 3 hours best of Awaji Island! Awaji-shi 31 Izanagi Jingu Course Difficulty Level Sumoto-shiP. 8-9 Shrine 88 Easy: for beginners Forest scenery by Aiya River Dam is like a picture postcard! Course 5 Tsuna-Ichinomiya IC Moderate: for those with physical Gossa Kaito Site（ P. 6～7） 66 Aiya Falls Long Course Sumoto Civic Square（ P. 8～9） confidence Distance : About 24km Time required : About 6 hours Wellness Park Goshiki Tough: long distance with Atop Mt. Mikumayama, a breathtaking view of the Kitan Strait ups and downs Course 6 Rigorous: must have confidence Sumoto Castle Short Course 46 66 and ready for a challenge Distance : About 10 km Time required : About 3 hours 31 Extreme: requires stamina; P. 10-11 66 46 must have hiking A difficult course with mountain trails and total elevation of 1900 meters! 28 experience Course 7 Awajishima-Chuo Smart IC Aiya Falls（ P. 8～9） Oishi Park/Mt. Kashiwara (Takehara Trail) Mt. Kashiwara Flight Park（ P. 10～11） Sumoto-shi Long Course 31 Sumoto Bus Center How to Get to Awaji Island Distance : About 28 km Time required : About 8 hours Sumoto Civic Square Awaji Island is accessible by car and Two boat rides and time on an uninhabited island highway bus, taking the expressway Course 8 Keino Matsubara 66 Sumoto IC Sumoto Castle Course 5 across the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, and Midori PA 28 site Oishi Park/Narugashima Short Course 132.6 also by ferry. For more details, visit the Distance : About 11 km Time required : About 3 hours Mikumayama Awaji Island Tourist Association website. 25 Course 6 Seidan-Mihara IC Takehara Dam 76 Course 7 25 Riku no Minato Seidan Narugashima Minamiawaji-shiP. 12-13 Aiya River Dam Island Course 8 28 Mt. Kashiwara Yura Take the Old Yuzuruha Trail to the highest point on the island! Course 9 31 Sanyukan 569.3 Narugashima Kisen Fukura Mt. Kashiwara Mt. Yuzuruha/Nada Kuroiwa Narcissus Park Long Course （15 min.） Distance : About 17km Time required : About 5 hours Bus Terminal Forest Park Étoile Oishi Note of Caution 25 Walking courses may not have shops, Oishi Park An easy course up and back to the highest point on Awaji Awajishima-Minami IC/PA 25 vending machines, toilets, or lighting along Course 10 Yuzuruha Dam the route. Prepare for your walk by Mt. Yuzuruha Short Course Michi-no-Eki To Tokushima 76 Distance : About 6 km Time required : About 2.5 hours Fukura 76 Mt. Yuzuruha Course 9 carrying trail mix or other snacks, water, Wakodo no Ōnaruto 607.9 rain gear, a change of clothes, money, a P. 14-15 Bridge Hiroba Park Yuzuruha Jinja Michi-no-Eki 25 Shrine Course 10 flashlight, cellphone, insurance card, Visit this power spot and contemplate the origins of the archipelago! Course 11 Uzushio Kuroiwa tissues, and other necessities, and set a Minamiawaji-shi 76 schedule that gives you extra time. Always Loop Course Around Nushima, 76 carry garbage back with you. You may the Island of Japan's Creation Myth Habu Distance : About 9 km Time required : About 3.5 hours need a mask for going into a shop or a Habu Port Nushima Kisen public toilet. Facilities or transportation All the best features of Nushima in short! （10 min.） listed in this guide may not be open or Course 12 Course 11 running. Half Course Around Nushima, Course 12 Always inquire in advance or check the the Island of Japan's Creation Myth Nushima Island relevant website. Distance : About 6 km Time required : About 2 hours Nushima Port Kamitategami Yuzuruha Jinja Shrine（ P. 12～13） Rock Onokoro Jinja Shrine（ P. 14～15） Habu Port（ P. 14～15） 2 3 Matsuhonoura Bay ∴ Ebisu Jinja Shrine Ezaki Lighthouse Awaji-shiAwaji-shi Awaji matsuho Akashi KaikyōMichi-no-Eki Bridge Awaji Michi-no-Eki Awaji View Matsuho no Sato Awaji Ishinoneya AⒹ small park directly beneath the Akashi Ⓒ Ⓓ Kaikyō Bridge. Try many tasty foods Green Park Maruyoshi-yu A park that combines nature, Awaji Ishinoneya unique to Awaji Island. Green Park Panoramic fields of flowers history and culture. Ⓒ Ishinoneya Iwaya Daycare Center Walk through tunnels of ubame Burial Tomb Awaji Island tacoste overlooking the sea are a sight to behold! oak, konara oak, and other trees. P Iwaya Ferry Iwaya Port Course 1 Mt. Shionari (Awaji Jenova Line) Ōgiyu P Iwaya Port Hanasajiki Park/Akashi Kaikyō Bridge Long Course Iwaya Start/Goal ◆ Distance ◆ Time required ◆ Difficulty IwayakoumaeⒺ About 27 km About 7 hours Ⓔ Shopping Arcade ⒻEshima ◆ Starting point ◆ GPS setting Higashiura Bus Terminal Higashiura Bus Terminal (666-1 Ura, Awaji, Hyogo) A rural commercial district being ◆ Main route Ⓐ Ⓑ Start : Higashiura Bus Terminal ～ Awaji Hanasajiki ～ Hyogo Prefectural Awaji revitalized along with Iwaya Port. P Ⓒ Ⓓ Chat with fishermen's wives who Island Park ～ Awaji Ishinoneya Green Park ～ Michi-no-Eki Awaji ～ Akashi Kaikyō prepare and sell fresh fish. Awaji IC Ⓔ Ⓕ Bridge ～ Iwaya Shopping Arcade ～ Iwaya Port ～ Eshima ～ Akashi Kaikyō National Ⓖ Tanoshiro Government Park ～ Awaji Yumebutai ～ Goal : Higashiura Bus Terminal Sano Nii ◆ About the Course Iwaya line Awaji Highway Oasis Kaikyo Ferry landing for Awaji Jenova Line that runs With a total distance of 27 km and a total climb of over 900 meters, this is a slightly difficult course. From the31 starting point P Greenarium between Iwaya Port and at the Higashiura Bus Terminal to Awaji Hanasajiki, it is basically uphill all the way, reaching an elevation of 298 meters. From Hyogo Prefectural Awajishima Nijigen no Mori Awaji Island Park Akashi Port there you will have a panoramic view of fields of flowers overlooking the Akashi Strait and Osaka Bay. Nojima Ⓑ Uzaki The route takes you down gradually as you head toward Awaji Island Prefectural Park, which has a large, open grassy area Minami-uzaki Pension Prefectural for resting. From the park, as you head toward Michi-no-Eki Awaji, you will come across a park with ancient tombstones—Awaji Ⓑ Hyogo Todoroki Happy Mate Awaji Island Park Ishinoneya Green Park. It offers the only unpaved trail section on this course. From the lookout point you can see ships passing 157 The large grassy lawn area into and out of Osaka Bay through the Akashi Strait. Ōtani Dam Mt.Kagariba 28 Mt.Shironose is a great place to rest and After the park, head straight for the Michi-no-Eki and Akashi Kaikyō Bridge. This bridge to the city of Kobe is the longest 243.9 Akashi Kaikyō 293.5293.5 HELLO KITTY SMILE relax for as long as you National Government suspension bridge in the world with a main span of 1,991 meters and a total length of 3,911 meters —the symbol of Awaji Awaji want, even the whole day. Park Country Island. Landscape Planning & Garden Eshima Horticulture Academy After the modern wonder of the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, you head to the Iwaya shopping arcade for a retro town experience. ⒼAwaji Yumebutai ⒻLocated at the northern tip of There is a public bathhouse, Japanese confectionery, and a few places to eat and drink, creating a relaxing old-style Awaji Island, Eshima is part of y P atmosphere. a Yumebutaimae sw Japan's Onokoro Island creation Hikinoura s The course takes you to Iwaya Port and Eshima Island, and the huge Akashi Kaikyō re myth. Natural erosion has created xp its unique shape. National Government Park; then, the last spot to visit is Awaji Yumebutai. 31Enjoy buildings E o designed by world-famous architect Tadao Ando to blend into the natural scenery and the Tokiwa Dam Park t Awaji Hanasajiki ru unique spaces that utilize the sloping terrain. a Tokiwa Dam P N Ⓐ ji Kusumoto Awaji Yumebutai a Ⓖ (Hyakudan-en) w Oiso A - e Part of the complex designed by Road and trail, yo Bridge! b Awaji Hanasajiki o architect Tadao Ando. These Course 2 Mt.Ōtoyama大戸山 K Ⓐ Sano Nii 100 terraced flower gardens are plus the Akashi Kaik A wonderful,224224 scenic spot 460for Harmony Farm Awaji Iwaya line all connected, with a grand view an island of flowers. Fields P of flowers in every season Ura Police Box Higashiura of Osaka Bay. Ishinoneya Green 兵庫県立Park/ overlooking the sea. Hiramatsu 淡路高等学校 Nakamochi中持 Urakoumae Bus Terminal Akashi Kaikyō Bridge Short Course Higashiura IC Start/Goal Course outline on the Web ◆ Distance ◆ Time required ◆ Difficulty Nakahama About 8 km About 2 hours Funagi ◆ Starting point ◆ GPS setting Iwaya Port Iwaya Port71 (925-27 Iwaya, Awaji, Hyogo) Awaji Jenova Line 157 ◆ Main route Ⓒ Time Schedule 〒 Ura P Nagahata Start : Iwaya Port ～ Ⓔ IwayaIshida Shopping Arcade ～ Awaji Ⓓ Akashi Port ↔ Iwaya Port Ura Post Office Ishinoneya Green Park ～ Michi-no-Eki Awaji ～ Goal : Iwaya Port ◆ About the Course〒 Sunshine Hall Even though the route is only 8 km long, it is slightly difficult because of the steep up/downs of the Hanasajiki Park/ Ishinoneya Green Park/ The starting point for the long course Ishinoneya Green Park trail in the middle.
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