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ARTICLES RELATED TO Inland Sea - Fauna | | | |  Inland Sea - Fauna: Encyclopedia II - Inland Sea - HistoryIt is believed that in the last ice age the sea level was lower than today. After the ice age, sea water poured into a lower part between the Chugoku mountains and Shikoku mountains and formed the Island Sea as we know it today.
From ancient times, the Inland Sea served a main transport line between its coastal areas, including what is today the Kansai region and Kyushu. It was also a main transport line between Japan and other countries, including Korea and China. Even after the creation of major highways such as the Nankaido and San ...
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| | | | Inland Sea - Fauna: Encyclopedia II - Inland Sea - Major tourist sites The coastal area of the Inland Sea is one of most famous tourist destinations in Japan. Even before Japan opened to foreigners in the middle of the 19th century, its beauty was praised and introduced to the Western world by those who visited Japan including Philipp Franz von Siebold, and after its opening, Ferdinand von Richthofen and Thomas Cook.
Its coastal area, except for Osaka prefecture and a part of Wakayama prefecture, was appointed the Inland Sea National Park (瀬戸内海国立公園, Setonaikai Kokuritsu kōen) on March 16, 19 ...
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| | | | Inland Sea - Fauna: Encyclopedia II - Inland Sea - Transport Today the Inland Sea serves its coastal areas mainly for two purpose: first international or domestic cargo transportation and second local transportation between coastal areas and islands on it. Major ports are Kobe, Okayama, Takamatsu, Tokushima, Matsuyama and Hiroshima. Honshu and Shikoku are connected with three series of bridges since the late of 1980s, constructed since 1970s. Those series of bridges are from east to west, Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, Great Seto Bridge, Setouchi Shimanami Kaido Express. On the other hand, no bridge over the Inland ...
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| | | | Inland Sea - Fauna: Encyclopedia II - Inland Sea - Industry The coastal area of the Inland Sea is one of most industrialized areas in modern Japan. Besides Osaka, Kobe and Hiroshima, some other major industrial cities are Kurashiki, Kure, Fukuyama, and Ube in Honshu, and Sakaide and Niihama in Shikoku. Innoshima is also known for its ship factory.
The main industries are steel production, ship construction and since 1960s oil refining and oil derived production.
Thanks to the moderate climate and beautiful landscape, fishing, agriculture and tourism bri ...
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