JAPAN

JAPAN / 日本

Kanmon Bridge connecting Honshū and Kyūshū islands.
Stamp issued on 14.11.1973.
Face value: 20 Japanese yen.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 38,000,000 copies.
Size: 42 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1191.
- Sakura: C628.
- Scott No. 1151.
- StampWorld No. 1181.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1333.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1093.

The Kanmon Bridge (関門橋) is a three-span suspension bridge crossing the Kanmon Straits, a stretch of water separating the Japan's islands of Honshū and Kyūshū. It connects the towns of Shimonoseki, on the island of Honshū, and Kitakyushū, on the island of Kyūshū. It was opened to vehicles on November 14, 1973. The central length of the bridge is 1,068 m (3,504 ft). Its height from the bottom of the beam to sea level is 61 m (200 ft).