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Kintaikyo Bridge

Yamaguchi · Iwakuni · Architecture

Japanese name: 錦帯橋

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WHAT TO DOKintaikyo Bridge

One of Japan's three great bridges. Built in 1673, a wooden bridge of five arches, 193.3 metres long and five wide.

WHEREYamaguchi

Iwakuni

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Address: 741-0062 1 Iwakuni, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi
Hours & fees: Hours: Kintaikyo Bridge can be crossed 24 hours. At night, put the fee into the fee box to cross. Fees: ■Individuals ・Bridge ticket (round trip): adults 500 yen, elementary school students 250 yen ・Set ticket: adults 1,550 yen, elementary school students 700 yen ■Groups (15 or more) ・Bridge ticket (round trip): adults 450 yen, elementary school students 200 yen ・Set ticket: not available
Booking & access: ・About 15 minutes by bus bound for 'Kintaikyo' from JR Shin-Iwakuni Station ・About 20 minutes by bus bound for 'Kintaikyo' from JR Iwakuni Station ・About 4 minutes by bus bound for 'Kintaikyo' from JR Nishi-Iwakuni Station ・About 10 minutes by car from Iwakuni IC on the Sanyo Expressway Parking: ・General: Kintaikyo Shimogawara parking lot / about 300 spaces, free on weekdays * During the cherry blossom season, Golden Week, and on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays in March to May and September to November: 300 yen per day * During the cherry blossom season and Golden Week: 300 yen per day on weekdays as well. Parking lot beside Yokoyama riverside ground / about 30 spaces (free) ・Large buses: Kintaikyo Shimogawara parking lot (1,000 yen per day) Phone: Iwakuni City Kintaikyo Division Hours 8:30-17:15 (weekdays)
Prefecture: Yamaguchi · Iwakuni
Type: Architecture

Overview

One of Japan's three great bridges. Built in 1673, a wooden bridge of five arches, 193.3 metres long and five wide.

About this place

Kintaikyo is a five-span wooden arch bridge spanning the Nishiki River in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It is counted among Japan's Three Famous Bridges and Japan's Three Great Strange Bridges, and is designated a Place of Scenic Beauty. In feudal-period records it is often written 'Ohashi' (Great Bridge), and it was also called 'Ryounbashi,' 'Goryubashi,' 'Taiunbashi' and 'Soroban-bashi.' The most plausible theory is that the beautiful name 'Kintaikyo' became established after its completion. The first appearance in a document is in a document written by Utsunomiya Tonan.

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