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8,000 cyclists take part in Cycling Shimanami event

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Cyclists ride on the Tatara Bridge, part of the Nishiseto Expressway, commonly known as Shimanami Kaido, during the Cycling Shimanami event on Oct. 26, 2014. The event was held using part of Shimanami Kaido, which is a 60 kilometer toll road that connects the city of Onomichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, on the main Japan island of Honshu, to the city of Imabari in Ehime Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku.

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3rd Honshu-Shikoku expressway opens

A fleet of yachts sail under the Tatara Grand Bridge on May 1, commemorating the opening of the 10-bridge Setouchi Shimanami-Kaido expressway, the third set of roads and bridges linking Honshu and Shikoku, two of Japan's four main islands.

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Shimanami Kaido in western Japan

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 27, 2019, shows Tatara Bridge on the Setouchi Shimanami Kaido route linking Onomichi in Hiroshima Prefecture and Imabari in Ehime Prefecture in western Japan.

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Shimanami Kaido in western Japan

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 27, 2019, shows Tatara Bridge on the Setouchi Shimanami Kaido route linking Onomichi in Hiroshima Prefecture and Imabari in Ehime Prefecture in western Japan.

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Shinto priest performing purification ceremony

MATSUE, Japan ? A Shinto priest performs a purification ceremony for the initial firing of a furnace manufacturing iron according to a traditional Japanese method known as ''tatara'' on Jan. 19, 2005 in Yokota, Shimane Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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"Tamahagane" steel maker starts 2015 operation

Workers of Nittoho Tatara, the sole producer in Japan of "tamahagane" steel for Japanese swords, in Okuizumo Town, Shimane Prefecture, feeds iron sand into a furnace after a ritual to start this year's operation on Jan. 21, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3rd Honshu-Shikoku expressway opens

A fleet of yachts sail under the Tatara Grand Bridge on May 1, commemorating the opening of the 10-bridge Setouchi Shimanami-Kaido expressway, the third set of roads and bridges linking Honshu and Shikoku, two of Japan's four main islands. ==Kyodo

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New Honshu-Shikoku speedway to open in a month

A new speedway linking Japan's main islands of Honshu and Shikoku will open May 1, after 25 years under construction. The 60-kilometer speedway between Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, and Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, is the 3rd and last one linking the two main islands over the Seto Inland Sea in western Japan. The photo, taken from a helicopter over Ikuchishima Island, Hiroshima Pref., on March 28, shows the new speedway's Tatara-Ohashi Bridge.