Ondo no Seto

**The ferry is gone.** The 90-metre crossing, often called Japan's shortest scheduled sea route, ended in October 2021. A lot of guidance still lists it. **Go up to the park for the view.** The headland above the bridge is where the spiral and the channel read properly. From the road you are inside the structure and cannot see it. **Late March to early April for the cherries.** Around 2,300 trees against crimson steel, with azaleas after them. It is the local hanami spot rather than a tourist one. **The bridge loops to gain height.** Shipping has to pass underneath, so the approach spirals. Driving it once in each direction is worth the detour. **Kiyomori's sun.** The story that he called back the setting sun to finish the cut in one day is why this channel is in the Heike Monogatari and why there is a memorial mound here.