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relating a journey along the sea, beginning from the East at Himeji and ending at
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Development of land transportation shifted the travel between east and west — that is, between Honshū and Kyūshū — to railroad and road transport. Two coastal railways, San'yō Main Line in Honshū and Yosan Main Line, were built. Those railway lines stimulated the local economy and once
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Historically, the Seto Inland Sea as transport line served four coastal areas: Kansai, Chūgoku, Shikoku, and eastern Kyūshū. The Seto Inland Sea provided each of these regions with local transportation and connected each region to the others and far areas, including the coastal area of the Sea of
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The Seto Inland Sea is 450 km (280 mi) long from east to west. The width from south to north varies from 15 to 55 km (10 to 34 mi). In most places, the water is relatively shallow. The average depth is 38 m (125 ft); the greatest depth is 105 m (344 ft).
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Western world by those who visited Japan, including
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invoked a rail mania. Many short railroads were planned to connect a certain station of those two lines and a local seaport on the Seto Inland Sea, and some of them were actually built. The
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encompasses the sea and surrounding coastal areas. The region is known for its moderate climate, with a stable year-round temperature and relatively low rainfall levels. The sea is famous for its periodic
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mountains and formed the Seto Inland Sea as it is known today. From ancient times, the Seto Inland Sea served as a main transport line between its coastal areas, including what is today the
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Japan, Korea, and China. After Kobe port was founded in 1868 to serve foreign ships, the Seto Inland Sea became a major international waterway with connection to the
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Nishiseto-
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that result in the death of large numbers of fish. Since the 1980s, the sea's northern and southern shores have been connected by the three routes of the
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production, vehicle manufacture, ship building, textiles, and since the 1960s, oil refining and chemical products.
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2177:Sea of Åland
2172:Sargasso Sea
2147:Ligurian Sea
2132:Labrador Sea
2122:Irminger Sea
2077:Gulf of Lion
2032:Bothnian Sea
2022:Bay of Fundy
1997:Balearic Sea
1962:Adriatic Sea
1884:Beaufort Sea
1866:Arctic Ocean
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2518:Visayan Sea
2498:Solomon Sea
2493:Sibuyan Sea
2488:Shantar Sea
2443:Molucca Sea
2438:Mar de Grau
2368:Chilean Sea
2363:Celebes Sea
2358:Camotes Sea
2323:Arafura Sea
2235:Arabian Sea
2230:Andaman Sea
2182:Sea of Azov
2157:Myrtoan Sea
1972:Alboran Sea
1924:Pechora Sea
1919:Lincoln Sea
1889:Chukchi Sea
1879:Barents Sea
1856:Weddell Sea
1826:Lazarev Sea
1646:22 February
1624:28 December
1505:Nihon Shoki
1471:Shimonoseki
1400:atomic bomb
1356:Hatsukaichi
1352:Itsukushima
1312:Thomas Cook
1296:Shimonoseki
715:Itsukushima
705:(including
668:Shōdo-shima
664:Awaji-shima
598:Kii Channel
586:Caspian Sea
510:Bungo Suidô
307:Seto Naikai
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209:Coordinates
2631:Categories
2582:Superocean
2556:Salton Sea
2523:Yellow Sea
2513:Tasman Sea
2458:Salish Sea
2338:Bering Sea
2245:Flores Sea
2212:Wadden Sea
2142:Libyan Sea
2112:Ionian Sea
2107:Hudson Bay
2052:Foxe Basin
2042:Celtic Sea
2002:Baltic Sea
1992:Baffin Bay
1967:Aegean Sea
1939:Wandel Sea
1914:Laptev Sea
1846:Scotia Sea
1831:Mawson Sea
1712:{Japanese}
1601:References
1540:Genpei War
1489:Literature
1479:Taira clan
1475:Genpei war
1467:ja:みもすそ川公園
1372:Shōdoshima
1292:ja:みもすそ川公園
1183:Shinkansen
904:Edo period
861:Kobayakawa
729:Suō-Ōshima
656:Suō-Ōshima
578:Hudson Bay
570:inland sea
555:Suō-Ōshima
316:Inland Sea
80:newspapers
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2448:Moro Gulf
2373:Coral Sea
2353:Bohol Sea
2348:Bohai Sea
2333:Banda Sea
2305:Timor Sea
2162:North Sea
2127:James Bay
2117:Irish Sea
2027:Black Sea
1944:White Sea
1851:Somov Sea
1811:Davis Sea
1573:'s novel
1513:Man'yōshū
1396:Hiroshima
1392:Kurashiki
1388:Takamatsu
1263:Osaka Bay
1255:Kurushima
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1070:and then
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1029:Transport
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697:Yumeshima
691:Islands,
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422:Takamatsu
414:Hiroshima
402:Tokushima
374:Hiroshima
370:Yamaguchi
348:Osaka Bay
2615:Category
2551:Dead Sea
2541:Aral Sea
2508:Sulu Sea
2463:Savu Sea
2433:Koro Sea
2428:Java Sea
2328:Bali Sea
1909:Kara Sea
1841:Ross Sea
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1415:Naoshima
1380:Kotohira
1333:瀬戸内海国立公園
1245:Maritime
1195:Onomichi
1151:Ōge-jima
995:Fukuyama
981:Industry
908:Ushimado
829:San'yōdō
825:Nankaidō
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689:Naoshima
643:Suō-nada
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774:whaling
660:Pacific
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219:34°10′N
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