Sacred Bridge
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Got away to Nikko last weekend with a couple of friends. We didn’t do the Nikko extravaganza sightseeing thing, preferring to scramble along riverbanks and aquaducts on an impromptu tour of Japan’s oldest hydroelectric system (who knew hydroelectrics can be quaint?) but here’s a shot of a Nikko landmark, the Shinkyo, or sacred bridge which dates in its present form from 1676 and in legend from 767.
There’s a link to a larger version here.
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Posted to Photographs • 2006.04.22 (Sat) • 12:38
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Posted by Richard 2006.04.22, 19:51
Another beauty. The framing is wonderful.
Posted by E. 2006.04.23, 11:14
Wow— great picture. When did shinkyo reopen? Hasn’t that bridge been under wraps (or at least obscured by scaffolding & hoarding) for ages?
Posted by Durf 2006.04.24, 09:24
Very nice. I’ve never walked on the bridge; I’ve been to Nikko dozens of times (used to live in Tochigi) but those were all during the “still fixing the thing up” phase.
Posted by Hunter 2006.05.04, 14:52
Wow… deja vu. I was there in early March and it was open but looked as though it had only just been (some scaffolding still around). Managed to snap an average shot, that had to be resurected in Photoshop.
Such a beautiful area around there.
Posted by perlit 2006.06.12, 16:38
wow nice bridge nice photo
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