Togetsukyō Bridge
Wooden-railed river crossing hiding reinforced concrete, named for a moonlit legend and rebuilt after centuries of floods.
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This guide to Togetsukyo Bridge in Kyoto opens with Emperor Kameyama watching a full moon glide over the river crossing below, the moment that gave the bridge its name. It traces the span back to a monk named Dosho in 836, then through centuries of being burned in civil war and repeatedly swept away by floods, including a bad one in 1892, each time rebuilt in the same spot. Stand here at dusk, when the wood-paneled railings catch the light the way they have for generations.
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