• Awaji may refer to: Awaji Island, an island in Hyōgo Prefecture Awaji Province Awaji, Hyōgo Awaji Station, a station in Osaka Prefecture Awajichō, Tokyo...
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    Awaji Island (淡路島, Awaji-shima) is an island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, in the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea between the islands of Honshū and Shikoku...
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    earthquake was located 17 km beneath its epicenter, on the northern end of Awaji Island, 20 km away from the center of the city of Kobe. Approximately 6...
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    Awaji Kannon or World Peace Giant Kannon, was a large gypsum statue, museum and temple complex on Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The statue, which...
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    Awaji Province (淡路国, Awaji-no kuni, formerly 淡道) was an old province of Japan covering Awaji Island, between Honshū and Shikoku. Today it is part of Hyōgo...
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    Awaji (淡路市, Awaji-shi) is a city located on Awaji Island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 June 2022[update], the city had an estimated population of...
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    of Kobe on the Japanese island of Honshu to Iwaya on Awaji Island. It is part of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway, and crosses the busy and turbulent...
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    Keiko Awaji (淡路恵子, Awaji Keiko, 17 July 1933 – 11 January 2014) was a Japanese stage and film actress. Awaji appeared in films like Akira Kurosawa's Stray...
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    The Awaji dialect (淡路方言, Awaji hōgen), also called Awaji ben (淡路弁), is a dialect of Japanese spoken on Awaji Island (which comprises the cities of Sumoto...
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    mainland stretches from the Sea of Japan to the Seto Inland Sea, where Awaji Island and a small archipelago of islands belonging to the prefecture are...
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  • have been named Awaji: Japanese escort ship Awaji, a Mikura-class escort ship launched in 1943 and sunk in 1944 JS Awaji (MSO-304), an Awaji-class minesweeper...
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    suspension bridge, and connects Kobe to Awaji Island (Awaji, Hyogo). The others are the Ōnaruto Bridge, connecting Awaji to Ōge Island (Naruto, Tokushima) across...
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    The Awaji Yumebutai (淡路夢舞台) is a complex comprising a conference center, hotel and memorial in Awaji, Hyōgo, Japan, built near the epicenter of the 1995...
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  • Shuzo Awaji (淡路修三, Awaji Shuzo, born August 13, 1949) is a professional Go player. Shuzo Awaji became a professional Go player when he was 19 years old...
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    Awaji ware (淡路焼, Awaji-yaki), also known as Minpei or Mimpei ware, is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally made on Awaji Island in the eastern part...
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    expressways, which together form the Honshū–Shikoku Bridge Project. Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway (Eastern Shikoku) Seto-Chūō Expressway (Central Shikoku)...
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    a channel between Naruto in Tokushima and Awaji Island in Hyōgo, Japan. The strait between Naruto and Awaji island has a width of about 1.3 km (0.81 miles)...
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    is meant to resemble the Naruto whirlpools in the Naruto Strait between Awaji Island and Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku Island in Japan. The...
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    Awaji Station (淡路駅, Awaji-eki) is a railway station in Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan, operated by the private operator Hankyu Railway. Awaji Station...
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  • along with the towns of Awaji, Higashiura, Hokudan and Tsuna (all from Tsuna District), was merged to create the city of Awaji and no longer exists as...
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  • Khaled Awaji (Arabic: خالد عواجي; born 19 June 1990) is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays as a defender. He formerly played for Hetten, Al-Shabab,...
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  • The Thirteen Buddhas of Awaji Island(淡路島十三仏霊場, Awajishima jūsan butsu reijō)are a group of 13 Buddhist sacred sites on Awaji Island in Hyōgo Prefecture...
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    JS Awaji (MSO-304) is the lead ship of the Awaji-class minesweeper of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Awaji was laid down on 27 February 2014...
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  • Awaji-Inombek Dagomie Abiante (born 16 June 1967) is a Nigerian politician and a member of the House of Representatives (Nigeria) representing Andoni/...
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    Suguru Awaji (淡路 卓, Awaji Suguru, born 26 July 1989) is a Japanese fencer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal in the team foil event. In...
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    Naruto Strait (鳴門海峡, Naruto-kaikyō) is a strait between Awaji Island and Shikoku in Japan. It connects Harima Nada, the eastern part of the Inland Sea...
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  • Awaji (Arabic: محمد عواجي, born 22 October 1994) is a Saudi Arabian football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Shoulla. On 13 June 2016, Awaji signed...
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    JR-Awaji Station (JR淡路駅, JR-Awaji-eki) is an railway station in Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, and operated by West Japan Railway...
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    sometimes referred to as Wakizaka Yasuharu, was a daimyō (feudal lord) of Awaji Island who fought under a number of warlords over the course of Japan's...
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    the following phases: 1 April 1, 1921: Jūsō – Awaji (by Kita-Osaka Electric Railway) 16 January 1928: Awaji – Takatsuki-machi (present-day Takatsuki-shi)...
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