Photo/Illutration A view of Kobe seen from one of the main towers of the Akashi Kaikyo Ohashi bridge (Provided by Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Co.)

KOBE--Akashi Kaikyo Ohashi is one of the world’s largest suspension bridges and now a tour takes visitors to the top of one of the 300-meter-high main towers that support the massive structure.

The bridge crosses the Akashi Strait to link the Hyogo prefectural capital and Awajishima island.

The Bridge World tour offered by Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Co. takes about two hours and 40 minutes. It starts and ends at the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge Exhibition Center in Kobe's Tarumi Ward.

Participants are required to walk along the maintenance aisle for about 1 kilometer until they reach the main tower standing on the Kobe side. They can then take an elevator to the top.

There, they are rewarded with stunning views of Osaka Bay and the Harimanada Sea, and even the Abeno Harukas high-rise in Osaka and Shodoshima island in the Seto Inland Sea if the weather is good.

The tour in principle will be held twice daily, in the morning and afternoon, on Thursdays, Fridays, weekends and holidays, until Nov. 30.

Participants must be of junior high school age or older. Junior high schoolers must be accompanied by adults.

The tour accepts a maximum of 48 participants and a minimum of 12.

Reservations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

The fee is 5,000 yen ($35) for adults and 2,500 yen for junior high school students on weekdays, and 6,000 yen for adults and 3,000 yen for junior high schoolers on weekends and holidays.

For reservations, visit the official website at (https://www.jb-honshi.co.jp/english/bridgeworld/index.html).

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