You can learn more about the island in Englsih on the “Awaji Island Tourism Guide” site. to offer “a mixed entertainment of ‘two-dimensional contents’ like manga and anime, and nature.”
Japanese recruitment company Pasona Group announced on February 6 that it will open “Nijigen no Mori (two-dimensional forest),” a new theme park dedicated Japanese pop culture contents such as anime and manga, in Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, in July 2017.
Awaji Island (Awaji-shima) is the biggest island in the Seto Inland Sea and is located between the islands of Honshu and Shikoku.