Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel

photo by そらみみ (Soramimi) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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780 m long, 58 m deep beneath the strait: you walk across it in 10–15 minutes.

The tunnel runs 780 metres under the Kanmon Strait, at a depth of about 58 metres, and links Kyushu to the island of Honshu on foot in 10–15 minutes, free of charge. Halfway along, a mural marks the underwater border between Fukuoka and Yamaguchi prefectures. Opened in 1958, it can only be used between 6:00 and 22:00.

Opened in 1958, the pedestrian tunnel runs under the Kanmon Strait, the short stretch of sea that separates the islands of Kyushu and Honshu. It is the only place in Japan where an undersea prefectural border can be crossed entirely on foot, linking Moji, in the municipality of Kitakyushu (Fukuoka), with Shimonoseki, in Yamaguchi.

ℹ️ Open from 6:00 to 22:00; crossing on foot is free (bicycles pay 20 yen). The marker shows the Moji end, on the Fukuoka side.

🚉 御裳川 · 5 min walk

Sources: charihoi.com

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