Even if you don't know the name of Kintaikyo Bridge, you may have seen a picture of a wooden bridge that consists of five arches. That is the Kintaikyo Bridge. -History -Festival -Access The history of the bridge In 1601, when the lord of the domain, Hiroie Kikkawa, was given the territory of Iwakuni area where current Kintaikyo Bridge is located, he immediately started developing the castle town. Since it was right after a long war, he put more weight on defense; he built a castle on the mountain as a fort and a dwelling at the foot, and he formed the city with a 200-meter-wide Nishiki river as a moat. The lower-class samurai who lived outside of the moat had to across the Nishiki River on a daily basis, but they often faced the problem of the bridge being washed away; therefore, he tried to build a bridge that imitates the bridge descried in the book about West Lake in Hangzhou, China. After rep...
Travelers' tips to enjoy Hiroshima just like locals do!