Shimonoseki Strait

The strait at Shimonoseki separates Honshū from Kyūshū and joins the Seto Inland Sea to the waters west of Japan. It narrows to a few hundred metres at Hayatomo, where the tide races through and reverses direction with the changing sea level. Here, at Dan-no-ura in 1185, the Minamoto defeated the Taira in a naval battle remembered for the death of the young Emperor Antoku beneath the waves.