Shinkyo Bridge, Tochigi, Japan
A beautiful Kami Bridge shining in red varnish suitable for decorating the front door of sacred sunlight was designated as an important cultural asset of the country by the building of Nikko Futariyama Shrine called old as “” “” Yamanogu no Sabi Bridge “, etc. In 1999 It was registered as a World Heritage site in December.
The length of the bridge is 28 meters, the width is 7.4 meters, the height from the water level, 10 columns of parent columns are built in the high column, each with a pseudo-accentuated and a bridge plate The back of black lacquer is painted, the others are painted on vermillion.
At the end of the Nara period, this bridge bridged by mysterious folklore was honored as a sacred bridge, and after being rebuilt into a Shinkyo bridge like the present in Kaniyasu 13 years, only shinto shrines, general shrine visits, It is used only when the donor and others are in attendance, and ordinary passage is supposed to pass through a temporary bridge downstream.
In the Showa 57 son’s mountaintop sitting in 1200 festival sacrifice, it was widely opened to the public for the purpose of celebrating since 1972, and this repair was done from 1997. It is the only bridge of our country as a form of “Hanabashi” used for the mountainous valleys and it is counted as one of Japan’s three biggest bridges.
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