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Akashi is a Japanese surname

People

• Akashi Ken
• Akashi Momoka
• Akashi Morishige
• Akashi Motojiro
• Akashi Shiganosuke
• Akashi Takei
• Akashi Yasushi

Fictional characters

• Akashi Kaoru

Places

• Akashi, Hyōgo
• Akashi Station - Japanese railroad station on the Sanyō Main Line
• Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge
• Akashi Castle
• Akashi Domain

Other

• Japanese cruiser Akashi
• Japanese repair ship Akashi

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From Wikitravel

The mighty Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

Akashi (明石) is a city in Hyogo prefecture, Japan, to the west of Kobe.

Get in

Akashi is on the JR Sanyō Main Line between Kobe (15 min from Sannomiya) and Himeji (25 min).

Akashi is also the northern end of the stupendous Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge (明石海峡大橋), the world's longest suspension bridge (central span 1,991m), which links Honshu to Awaji Island. The toll for cars is ¥2,300, but for sightseers, it's better to take a sightseeing cruise around the base.

Tako Ferry [1] also runs scheduled services across to the town of Iwaya for ¥320/person (25 min).

Get around

The JR station and ferry are within easy walking distance of each other.

Buy

Akashi is a major port particularly well known for its seafood, retailing local specialities like sea bream (タイ tai), octopus (タコ tako) and conger eel (穴子 anago).

• Uo no Tana Shotengai (魚の棚商店街), [2]. Huge seafood market retailing everything that swims, creeps, crawls or just sits on the sea bottom. Unlike Tokyo's Tsukiji, this is actively tourist-friendly, with lots of prepared produce for souvenirs and restaurants for eating the stuff. On the road between station and port.

Eat

Akashi's claim to culinary fame is Akashiyaki (明石焼き), an eggy version of the ubiquitous takoyaki (octopus balls), often dipped into dashi broth before eating.