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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 67 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AWAJI , an See also:

island belonging to See also:Japan, situated at the eastern entrance of the Inland See also:Sea, having a length of 32 m., an extreme breadth of 16 m., and an See also:area of 218 sq. m., with a See also:population of about 190,000. It is separated on the See also:south from the island of Shikoku by the Naruto channel, through which, in certain conditions of the See also:tide, a remarkable torrential current is set up. The island is celebrated for its exquisite scenery, and also for the fact that it is traditionally reputed to have been the first of the See also:Japanese islands created by the deities Izanagi and Izanami. The loftiest See also:peak is Yuruuba-See also:yama (1998 ft.), the most picturesque Sen-zan (1519 ft.). Awaji is noted for a See also:peculiar manufacture of pottery.

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