THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 16, 2019 at 18:45 JST
Passengers enjoy a bowl of "udon" noodles, a popular on-board menu item, on the deck of a ferry crossing the Seto Inland Sea off the coast of Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15. (Itsuki Soeda)
A historic ferry route that connected Shikoku and the Honshu main island for more than a century ended on Dec. 15, as many people waited in line at both ports to buy a ticket for the final voyage. [Read More]
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