Tsunoshima Ohashi
The marvelous prospect of the Tsunoshima Ohashi Bridge over the “Amagase” cobalt blue sea has enchanted a lot of tourists. Since its inauguration in 2000, the bridge also served as the shooting place for numerous movies, commercial messages and television programs. As a toll-free bridge connecting remote islands, it is one of the longest in Japan, extending over a length of 1,780 meters.
View scenic routes that include this spot
PANORAMIC VIEWStreet address
- Tsunoshima, Hohoku-cho, Shimonoseki-shi
Access
Route1
- 15 minutes by bus from JR Sanin Main Line Kottoi Station
Route2
- 30 minutes by bus from JR Sanin Main Line Takibe Station
Opening Hours
Closed
Best season
- All year
Point
- Tsunoshima, where you can watch the sun setting in the Sea of Japan as well as the star-filled night sky, is part of the Kita Nagoto Kaigan Quasi-National Park. The island is the northern limit of distribution of crinum asiaticum var. Japonicum, or crinum, and on the western tip of the island stands the Tsunoshima Lighthouse still in active service. It is also recognized as the “Lighthouse for Lovers (Koi-suru Todai)” and one of the “Three Most Beautiful Night Lighthouses Japan.

Spots around
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Tokiwa Park
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Hagi Uragami Museum
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Yuda Onsen
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Shunan Industrial Night Scenery
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Karato Fish Market
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Iwakuni Art Museum with Kashiwabara Collection
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Hagi Castle Town and Hagi Meirin Gakusha, school house
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Motonosumi Shrine
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World Heritage Sites: Hagi Castle Town and the Shokasonjuku Academy
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Nagato Yumoto Onsen
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Hofu Tenman-gu Shrine
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Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport
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Yamaguchi Ube Airport
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Akiyoshidai Plateau/Akiyoshido Cave
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Iwakuni Castle
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Yanai Nishigura/goldfish lantern experience
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Kintaikyo Bridge