Awaji
Americannoun
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The Yamaguchi-gumi was formed in 1915 by a former fisherman, Harukichi Yamaguchi, on the island of Awaji, near Kobe.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 28, 2015
The fault that ruptured lies about six miles beneath Awaji Island, 15 miles off Kobe's shore.
From Time Magazine Archive
Awaji is situated in the Inland sea between the Main island and Shikoku.
From Japan by David Murray
He disgraced the prince and sent him into exile in the island of Awaji, which place he did not reach alive, as was perhaps designed.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley
On the other side of the ship we see the Island of Awaji, so we are now between the two islands and it is much like the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River.
From Letters from China and Japan by John Dewey
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