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SAPPORO

Sea of Japan
(East Sea)
TOKYO
KYOTO
OSAKA
Pacific Ocean
Itsukushima shrine, Miyajima Island
KAGOSHIMA
Locator Map
Sea of J apan Kyoga-misaki
(East Sea) Kyotango
Iwami AMANOHASHIDATE Tsuruga Fukui
Shimane-hanto TOTTORI
Sakaiminato SAND DUNES Toyooka SAND BAR
MATSUE Miyazu Obama
Shinji-ko Nakano-umi Kurayoshi Tottori Hidaka Maizuru Nagahama
Taisha Yonago FUKUI Imazu
Yasugi Dai-sen TOTTORI Hyono-sen
1,729 m 1,510 m Fukuchiyama Ayabe LAKE BIWA
IZUMO Kisuki Asago
Kofu KYOTO Hikone
Chizu
Yokota Tamba Omihachiman MEISHIN EXPRESSWAY
Oda Sanbe-san Katsuyama
1,126 m HYOGO MAIZURU EXPRESSWAY Otsu Kusatsu
KYOTO
Gotsu Tombara Dogo-yama CHUGOKU EXPRESSWAY Yamazaki (see pp158-89) Tokyo
1,269 m
SHIMANE Tsuyama Nishiwaki SHIGA
Hamada C h u goku- sanc hi Tojo Niimi OKAYAMA Tatsuno Kasai Ono Takatsuki Uji Kameyama
Misumi HAMADA EXPRESSWAY Miyoshi Shobara FUKIYA HIMEJI CASTLE Miki Takarazuka Hirakata IGA-UENO Suzuka
Masuda Garyu-san CHUGOKU EXPRESSWAY Soja Bizen Ako Kakogawa Suita Tsu
1,223 m
Susa Kake HIROSHIMA Ibara INBE Akashi NARA EXPRESSWAY Matsusaka
Fuchu OKAYAMA KOBE OSAKA HORYU-JI TEMPLE ISE
Abu TSUWANO Kanmuri-yama SANYO EXPRESSWAY KURASHIKI Ise Toba
Higashi-
1,339m Hiroshima Tamano Kishiwada Kashihara ASUKA PLAIN
Nagato HAGI Ato Fukuyama Tokushima OSAKA ISE PENINSULA
HIROSHIMA SANYO SHINKANSEN Mihara Sakaide Gojo YOSHINO TOUR
AKIYOSHI-DAI YAMAGUCHI Otake Kure Takehara Innoshima Hashimoto MIE Ago
TABLELANDS Wakayama NARA
Toyoura YAMAGUCHI MIYAJIMA ISLAND Imabari MOUNT Hakken-zan Kii-Nagashima
Ogori Shinnanyo Arida Kainan KOYA 1,915 m Owase
Shimonoseki Tokuyama IWAKUNI Gomadan-zan
Onoda Hofu Getting Around Yuasa 1,372 m
Fukuoka Ube Hikari Yanai The main Sanyo Shinkansen line from
Yashiro-jima Gobo Hongu Kumano
Naga-shima Osaka, by way of the Tokaido line from Doro Valley
Tokyo takes in all the major cities along WAKAYAMA
the Seto Inland Sea (Sanyo) coast. Tanabe Shingu
Kansai Airport, on a man-made island KII Katsuura
near Osaka, is a major international PENINSULA Taiji
gateway for overseas visitors. A railroad Susami
line also runs along the Sea of Japan Kushimoto Oshima
(San-in) coast, but this is much slower
than the Sanyo Shinkansen route.

Sanyo coast near
Okayama
For keys to symbols see back flap

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