Akinada Tobishima Kaido
The Akinada Tobishima Kaido (安芸灘とびしま海道), also marketed as the 7 Bridges of Tobishima, is a 46-km road from Kure, Hiroshima across seven islands in the Seto Inland Sea.
Understand"Akinada Tobishima Kaido" means "sea road of stepping stone islands in the Aki Strait", an apt description of this series of quiet road with seven bridges connecting seven islands to the mainland.
Get inThe nearest train stations on the north/mainland side are at Nigata (仁方駅) and Aki-Kawajiri (安芸川尻駅), both on the JR Kure Line west of Kure and Hiroshima.
GoThe main route is generally flat except for reasonable and well-graded approaches to the bridges.
See
Go nextIf you want to keep biking, the obvious choice is the Shimanami Kaido Bikeway (70 km), Japan's most popular cycling route, just take the ferry to Imabari and keep pedaling.
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- Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Akinada Tobishima Kaido" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo: nimame, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons