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Day 5: Nagasaki (Spectacles Bridge)

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Day 5: Nagasaki (Spectacles Bridge)

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Saturday 10 March 2018 at 2:00:29 pm GMT+9
Spectacles Bridge is Japan's first Chinese-style stone bridge and one of Japan's Top 3 most well known bridges.

After lunch we visited the “Spectacles Bridge” – another popular tourist attraction.

It is Japan’s first Chinese-style stone bridge constructed in 1634, by Mokusunyoujo, the second-generation Chinese monk of Kofukuji Temple, Japan’s oldest Chinese Temple. The bridge gets its name from its resemblance to a pair of spectacles when the arches of the bridges are reflected as ovals on the surface of the river.

This bridge, along with Edo’s Nihonbashi Bridge and Iwakuni’s Kintaikyou Bridge, are considered the three most famous bridges in Japan. Although it is not well known, Spectacles Bridge was the inspiration for the Double Bridge of the Imperial Palace. By the end of the 17th century, following the construction of the Spectacles Bridge, numerous stone bridges were built for many of the roads that join the Nakashima River.

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