1. BRIDGE NARUTO

Onaruto Bridge (大 鸣 门桥, Onaruto-kyō) is a suspension bridge on the route connecting Kobe with Naruto, Tokushima, Japan. Completed in 1985, it has a main span of 876 meters (2,874 feet). Although it is one of the world's largest bridge, the bridge is still smaller than the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, which is on the same route. In 2004, 6.8 million cars and trucks across the bridge, the daily average of vehicles passing through this bridge as many as 18,600.

2. CITY NARUTO

Naruto City (鳴 門市, Naruto-shi?) Is a city in Japan, located at the northeast end of Tokushima Prefecture. The city is located on the west Naruto Strait, precisely at the eastern end of the island of Shikoku. The area of ​​town also includes three islands, namely Ohgejima, Takashima, and Shimada.

Across the Strait of Naruto there Awaji Island. Ohnaruto bridge spanning the Naruto Naruto Strait connects the city with the city of Minami Awaji on Awaji Island. Naruto Strait in the sea there are attractions Whirlpool Naruto.

Naruto is a gateway city to the island of Shikoku. Freeway Kobe-Awaji-Naruto passing through the city connecting Awaji Island Naruto with the City of Kobe and other cities in the Kansai region.

Naruto city is a tourist town visited by many tourists. Near the bridge there Ohnaruto Naruto Park with views of the Naruto Strait and part of the Seto Inland Sea.

In this city there is a former German camps were taken prisoner of war during World War I. In this camp, Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven was played for the first time in Japan.

In the district there are Osachi Reisan-ji Temple which is the first place to visit when doing Shikoku pilgrimage. Throughout the year can be seen in the city of Naruto figure dressed all in white people who are on pilgrimage.

Besides tourism, the sector is the mainstay of Naruto City salt industry and fisheries. Sweet potato and seaweed Kintoki Naruto is Naruto agricultural products from the city's famous throughout Japan.

3. NARUTO STRAIT

Naruto Strait (鳴 門 海峡 Naruto Kaikyo) is a strait that separates the island in Japan Awaji (Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture) with the island of Shikoku (Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture). Above the bridge Naruto Strait lies Ohnaruto. Naruto Strait separates Harima Nada region (eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea) with Kii Strait. Tidal differences between the Seto Inland Sea and Kii ocean areas adjacent to the Pacific Ocean resulted in a massive whirlpool Whirlpool called Naruto. The whirlpool can be seen from the top of the Bridge Ohnaruto or tour boat.

4. Naruto whirlpool

Naruto whirlpool (鳴 門 の 渦 潮, Naruto No Uzushio?) Are tidal whirlpools in the Naruto Strait, a channel between Naruto in Tokushima and Awaji in Hyogo, Japan. The strait between city terlatak Naruto and Awaji island has a width of about 1.3 km. T] The strait is the liaison between the Pacific Ocean and the Inland Sea, a body of water that separates Honshu and Shikoku, two of the main island of Japan. Occurs tidal bring besarke amounts of water in the Inland Sea twice per day, and also removes large amounts of water twice daily. With a range of up to 1.7 m, tidal water level creates a difference of up to 1.5 m between the Inland Sea and the Pacific. Because of the narrowness of the strait, the water moves through the Naruto channel at a speed of about 13-15 km / h four times per day, twice flowing in and twice flowing out. During spring tide, the water can reach the speed of 20 km / h, creating a vortex of up to 20 m in diameter. Currents in the Strait is the fastest in Japan and the fourth fastest in the world after Saltstraumen outside Bodø in Norway, the speed reaches 37 km / h, Moskstraumen of the Lofoten islands in Norway (the original maelstrom), which reaches speeds of 27.8 km / hours, and the Old Sow whirlpool in New Brunswick, Canada, which has been measured at speeds of up to 27.6 km / h Pusaaran this water can be observed from the ship, or from the Naruto bridge that passes through the strait. TSuspensi of the bridge has a total length of 1,629 m, with a long central span over 876 m and has a strait altitude 41 m above sea level. Nice scenery can be enjoyed from the beach on the island of Awaji.