Kintai Bridge (錦帯橋)

💡 4 things to know

1. Five wooden spansFive spans, the three central ones arches, rest on stone piers across the Nishiki River. Source Checked
2. Built to be rebuiltIwakuni kept the bridge by rebuilding it again and again over the centuries. Source Checked
3. The 1950 floodTownspeople chanted “save the bridge” in the storm, but it was washed away at 9:40 a.m. on 14 September 1950. Source Reported
4. Rebuilt in 1953The bridge was rebuilt in 1953, and its five girders were restored between 2001 and 2004. Source Reported

📍 Where it is

🗓️ Sightings

1. 201024 Jul

   Photo by Jakub Hałun

2. 202620 Jul

   Visitor guide to the bridge

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.

✅ The facts

Built by

Iwakuni Domain under its third lord, Kikkawa Hiroyoshi Source Source Checked

First built

1673 Source Checked

River

Nishiki River Source Checked

Form

Five wooden spans (three arches) on stone piers Source Checked

Lost

1950, in a typhoon flood Source Checked

Rebuilt

1953 Source Checked

Restored

Girders restored 2001–2004 Source Reported

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