Akashi Kaikyo Bridge & Maiko Marine Promenade

舞子海上プロムナード

A glass-floored walkway 47 m above the sea inside a giant suspension bridge

⚠ 2nd Mon closed, Oct–Mar

Hours

9am–6pm (to 7pm in Golden Week and summer holidays), last entry 30 min before closing. Open daily Apr–Sep; closed 2nd Monday Oct–Mar (next day if a holiday) and 29–31 Dec

Tickets

Adults ¥250 weekdays / ¥300 weekends & holidays; 70+ ¥100 / ¥150; high-schoolers and under free

Address

2051 Higashi-Maiko-cho, Tarumi-ku (Maiko Park)

The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge links Kobe to Awaji Island: 3,911 m long, with a 1,991 m central span that was the world's longest for decades. The Maiko Marine Promenade is a walkway built into the steel truss under the roadway; walk out over the strait and you're looking through glass at waves and passing ships 47 m below. The glass "log bridge" section is the highlight, and more frightening than people expect. Down in Maiko Park, the seaside pine walk gives you the bridge at sunset and lit up after dark.