Dream Lens

Great Akashi Straight Bridge seen through 'Dream Lens'

Takako Sakamoto Nov 09, 2014 - 2 min read

<p>'Dream Lens' is a stone monument looking toward the brilliant future in the sky through a round lens</p>

<p>Looking up at the Great Akashi Strait Bridge from underneath</p>

<p>Amazing harmony of the clear blue sky, the sea, and the gigantic steel-frame suspension bridge</p>

<p>This park is everyone's oasis and on holidays an array of fishing rods line the pier in the park</p>

<p>Map of Hyogo Prefectural Maiko Park; I spent a whole day here today</p>

<p>Foreign-looking 'Ijo-kaku (Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall)' and the Great Akashi Strait Bridge</p>

<p>How wonderful it would be to spend a day casually fishing in this great scenery!</p>

<p>Although I've crossed this bridge many times to go to Awaji Island before, this is the first time to look it up from beneath it</p>

On October 19th, 2014, the sea was serene, and the fresh autumn breeze caressed my cheek.

I had wanted to climb to the top of the Great Akashi Strait Bridge for a long time. This bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world, and finally the day to fulfill my desire had arrived...I would climb to the top of it!

I was visiting the Hyogo Prefectural Maiko Park to join an event called 'The Great Akashi Strait Bridge World Tour'. The door would open at 9:20 A.M., but it was still only 7:30, so I decided to kill time by strolling the south area of the Maiko Park and taking photos.

Hyogo Prefectural Maiko Park Series 1. Dream Lens 2. Inside Great Akashi Strait Bridge 3. The View from Great Akashi Bridge 4. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall 5. Akashi Sunset 6. Light-Up of Akashi Strait Bridge

Takako Sakamoto @takako.sakamoto

I was born in and grew up in Tokushima prefecture, and have lived in many places since then: Nishinomiya, Kyoto, Nara, Mie, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Fukuoka and Fukui. I am currently living in Yokohama City. All the places I lived, all the places I visited, I have loved dearly. The histor...