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Horai Bridge

Shizuoka · Shimada · Architecture

Japanese name: 蓬萊橋

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WHAT TO DOHorai Bridge

The world's longest wooden footbridge, built to open tea fields and still re-planked and in use.

WHEREShizuoka

Central · Shimada

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The world's longest wooden footbridge, built to open tea fields and still re-planked and in use.

About this place

Horai Bridge A city road bridge in Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture - Horai Bridge (Fukushima) A Tokyo metropolitan road bridge that formerly stood in Chuo Ward, Tokyo - see Shiodome River#Bridges. The name of an intersection of Showa-dori, Kaigan-dori and (Gomon-dori). A bridge spanning Fuji and Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture - Horai Bridge (Fuji River) An agricultural road bridge in Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture - Horai Bridge (Oi River), the world's longest wooden pedestrian bridge. A bridge over a branch of the Uji River in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture. It lies immediately east of Kyobashi (Kyoto), across Teradaya.

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Founded / opened:1879 Highlights / collection:897-metre-long wooden pedestrian bridge Genre:Architecture

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