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Ranked as one of the three most beautiful bridges in Japan and a registered World Heritage Site was built in 1636 and remains standing to this day nearly 400 years later. Until 1973 the bridge was restricted to only messengers of the Imperial court.

"According to legend, a priest named Shōdō and his followers climbed Mt. Nantai in the year 766 to pray for national prosperity. However, they could not cross the fast flowing Daiya River. Shōdō prayed and a 10 foot tall god named Jinja-Daiou appeared with two snakes twisted around his right arm. Jinja-Daiou released the blue and red snakes and they transformed themselves into a rainbow-like bridge covered with sedge, which Shōdō and his followers could use to cross the river. That is why this bridge is sometimes called Yamasugeno-jabashi, which means the "Snake Bridge of Sedge"."

Tue 3/11/2014 Nikko, Tochigi

Description
Ranked as one of the three most beautiful bridges in Japan and a registered World Heritage Site was built in 1636 and remains standing to this day nearly 400 years later. Until 1973 the bridge was restricted to only messengers of the Imperial court.

"According to legend, a priest named Shōdō and his followers climbed Mt. Nantai in the year 766 to pray for national prosperity. However, they could not cross the fast flowing Daiya River. Shōdō prayed and a 10 foot tall god named Jinja-Daiou appeared with two snakes twisted around his right arm. Jinja-Daiou released the blue and red snakes and they transformed themselves into a rainbow-like bridge covered with sedge, which Shōdō and his followers could use to cross the river. That is why this bridge is sometimes called Yamasugeno-jabashi, which means the "Snake Bridge of Sedge"."

Tue 3/11/2014 Nikko, Tochigi