Kansai Technical Visit Guide

Japanese

Akashi Kaikyo Bridge Exhibition Center

Outline

The Bridge Exhibition Center offers the opportunity to learn about the bridge-building technologies used to construct the Honshu-Shikoku Bridges, including the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, through scale models, videos and panel displays.

Address

655-0047
4-114,Higashi-maiko-cho,Tarumi-ku,Kobe-shi,Hyogo-ken

Home page

Akashi Kaikyo Bridge Exhibition Center (Japanese only)

Access

5 minute walk from the JR Line Maiko Station
7 minute walk from the Sanyo Electric Railway Line Maiko Koen Station

Parking

There are no parking lots in this Center. Please use the Maiko-Park parking lot (fee necessary).

Hours

The last admission is 30 minutes before closing. 9:15-17:00 .
Jul.20-Aug.31 9:15-18:00, Dec.1-Feb.28 9:15-16:30 Closed Mondays(the next day if Monday is a national holiday),Dec.29-Jan.3.
Open every day during the Golden Week(from late April to early May)and from July.20 to Aug.31

Number of visitors facility can accept

Maximum 200

Visit requirements

Especially nothing
Please reserve a group beforehand.

Average visit length

40minutes

Facility details / highlights

"Akashi Kaikyo Bridge Exhibition Center" is located on the Kobe side of the longest saspension bridge "Akashi Kaikyo Bridge" in the world.
The Bridge Exhibition Center offers the opportunity to learn about the bridge-building technologies used to construct the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge,through scale models,videos and panel displays.
In "360°VR Experience corner",please inspect the bridge walking on a cable of Akashi Kaikyo Bridge.(People who are terribly afraid of high places,under the age of 13 can not use it.)

Admission fee

Adults:310yen per person
Elementary school and junior high school students: 150yen per person
Specially discounted fee for people who are 65 year old or older: 200yen per person
Group discount: For groups of 20 people or more
                       Adults: 270yen
                       Elementary school and junior high school students: 130yen

Support in foreign languages

Please come together with an interpreter, if explanation is necessary.

Materials in foreign languages

Pamphlet, Exhibit explanations, Touch panel Video in English, Chinese, Korean

Contact

TEL:078(784)3339

Applications

TEL: Please make a contact in Japanese. Individual-reservation is not needed. Group(20 or more persons)-Reservation is needed No Pets Allowed

Contact Information about this page.
(When you want to visit the facilities introduced in this list, please apply to each facility directly.)

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Kansai Bureau
International Investment Promotion Division
Address: 1-5-44 Otemae, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 540-8535
Phone：+81-6-6966-6033