Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel in Shimonoseki, Japan

Most Popular PlacesRandom PlaceListsItinerariesAdd a PlaceDownload the App Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel World’s Largest M Alton Military Prison Site Macedonian Tomb of Agios Athanasios Atlas Obscura’s Guide to America’s Most Haunted Cemeteries 4 days ago The Best Haunted Hotels to Book for a Spooky Getaway 13 days ago Is Alton, Illinois America’s Most Haunted Small Town? 17 days ago One of the world’s few undersea pedestrian tunnels connects Honshu and Kyushu islands. The Kanmon tunnel entrance in Shimonoseki. x768 / CC BY-SA 2.0 The Kanmon tunnel entrance in Shimonoseki. x768 / CC BY-SA 2.0 The Kanmon tunnel entrance in Shimonoseki. x768 / CC BY-SA 2.0 The Kanmon tunnel entrance in Shimonoseki. x768 / CC BY-SA 2.0 Almost nobody realizes Japan's main islands can be crossed on foot, at the midpoint of 780 meters of tiled corridor a painted line marks the boundary between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures. The Shimonoseki entrance opens onto Mimosusogawa Park, overlooking the water where the Taira clan was annihilated at Dan-no-ura in 1185, which means the whole fifteen-minute walk passes under one of the most consequential battles in Japanese history.

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