Seto Inland Sea

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body of water inland sea sea in Japan

The Seto Inland Sea is a sheltered body of water in western Japan, dotted with numerous islands and spanned by major bridges, known for its scenic beauty, mild climate, and historical role as an important maritime route.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Seto Inland Sea canonical 149
Seto Inland Sea region 8
Inland Sea of Japan 7

Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
inland sea ⓘ
sea in Japan ⓘ
borderedByIsland Honshu ⓘ
Kyushu ⓘ
Shikoku ⓘ
bordersPrefecture Ehime Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fukuoka Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hiroshima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hyogo Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kagawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oita Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Okayama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Osaka Prefecture ⓘ
Tokushima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wakayama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yamaguchi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate mild ⓘ
relatively low rainfall ⓘ
connectsTo Bungo Channel ⓘ
Kanmon Straits ⓘ
Kii Channel ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Sea of Japan ⓘ
containsIsland Awaji Island ⓘ
Innoshima ⓘ
surface form: Ikuchijima

Inujima ⓘ
Miyajima ⓘ
Naoshima area ⓘ
surface form: Naoshima

Omishima ⓘ
Tomogashima Islands ⓘ
surface form: Shikoku smaller islands

Shodoshima ⓘ
Teshima ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
designatedAs Setonaikai National Park ⓘ
surface form: Setonaikai National Park core area
hasApproximateArea about 23,000 square kilometers ⓘ
hasApproximateAverageDepth about 38 meters ⓘ
hasApproximateLength about 450 kilometers ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue eutrophication ⓘ
industrial pollution ⓘ
red tides ⓘ
hasFamousView Itsukushima Shrine ⓘ
surface form: Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima

Shimanami Kaido ⓘ
surface form: Shimanami Kaido cycling route

Tomonoura harbor ⓘ
hasJapaneseName Seto Naikai ⓘ
hasMajorPort Hiroshima ⓘ
Kitakyushu ⓘ
Kobe ⓘ
Okayama ⓘ
Osaka ⓘ
Takamatsu ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth about 105 meters ⓘ
hasNationalPark Setonaikai National Park ⓘ
historicalRole center of Setouchi trading network ⓘ
major coastal shipping route in Japan ⓘ
hostsEvent Setouchi Triennale art festival ⓘ
isPartOfCulturalRegion Seto Inland Sea region ⓘ
surface form: Setouchi region
knownFor Setouchi art and culture ⓘ
historic maritime route ⓘ
mild climate ⓘ
numerous islands ⓘ
scenic beauty ⓘ
locatedInRegion western Japan ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ocean drainage basin ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Ocean basin
partOfRoute historic maritime route between Osaka and Kyushu ⓘ
separates Honshu ⓘ
Kyushu ⓘ
Shikoku ⓘ
spannedByBridgeSystem Akashi Kaikyo Bridge ⓘ
Kita Bisan-Seto Bridge ⓘ
Kurushima-Kaikyō Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge

Nishiseto Expressway ⓘ
surface form: Nishiseto Expressway (Shimanami Kaido)

Seto Ohashi Bridge ⓘ
supportsIndustry aquaculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (175)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shikoku → hasCoastlineOn → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Kyushu → hasSea → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inland Sea
Imperial Japanese Naval Academy → region → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Hyogo Prefecture → coastOn → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Port of Kobe → locatedInWaterbody → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Hiroshima → partOf → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seto Inland Sea coastal area
Japanese archipelago → hasSea → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Chūgoku region → bordersBodyOfWater → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Yodo River → partOf → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seto Inland Sea watershed
Kii Channel → connects → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Kii Channel → locatedInBodyOfWater → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Seto Inland Sea region → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Port of Osaka → ocean → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Nishinomiya → locatedOn → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Kure
Port of Sakai-Semboku → locatedOnWaterbody → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Port of Nishinomiya → waterbody → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Harima-nada Sea → locatedIn → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Harima-nada Sea → locatedIn → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inland Sea of Japan
Harima-nada Sea → partOf → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Harima-nada Sea → partOf → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inland Sea of Japan
Rokkō Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
western Japan → bordersBodyOfWater → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Japan
Seto Ohashi Bridge system → crosses → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Seto Ohashi Bridge system → region → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seto Inland Sea region
Shimanami Kaido → crosses → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Mount Ishizuchi → hasViewOf → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Tabuse, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan → hasCoastlineOn → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan → locatedOnSea → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Kanmon Straits → connects → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Takehara, Hiroshima, Japan → locatedOn → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Takehara, Hiroshima, Japan → hasSea → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Etajima → locatedInBodyOfWater → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Etajima → hasCoastlineOn → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Shimonoseki → bordersBodyOfWater → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Hakata Port → regionServed → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seto Inland Sea region
Rokko Garden Terrace → hasViewOf → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Fukuoka Prefecture → faces → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Nakatsu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan → hasCoastOn → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Etajima Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Ako → locatedOn → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Ako → hasCoastlineOn → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum → locatedIn → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Water Temple (Honpukuji) on Awaji Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Benesse House Museum → locatedIn → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Benesse House Museum → hasViewOf → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Ashiya → locatedOn → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Setonaikai National Park → bodyOfWater → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Chichu Art Museum → locatedIn → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge → locatedInWaterBody → Seto Inland Sea ⓘ