20110226-20110305 Japan : Tokyo-to Chuou-ku Nihon Bridge


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Tokyo-to Chuou-ku Nihon Bridge
Kilometer zero (origin) of all main public roads in Japan is located at Nihonbashi (Nihon Bridge) in Tokyo. The original Nihonbashi is a wooden bridge built in year 1603. The current stone bridge (19th generation) was built in year 1911. The current one is a north-south bridge across the Nihonbashi River.
The nearest train stations are Nihonbashi Station of subway Asakusa Line / Ginza Line / Touzai Line and Mitsukoshi-mae Station of subway Ginza Line / Hanzoumon Line.
Looking at the center of the bridge from its east side. Someone is standing in the middle of the bridge looking at the Kilometer Zero mark. The 2 green bridges above are the highway bridges. In the middle of the bridge. This is the Kilometer Zero mark. Looking at the center of the bridge from its west side
Monuments of the bridge at the north-west end Monuments of the bridge at the north-west end : Kilometer Zero monument Monuments of the bridge at the north-west end : replica of the Kilometer Zero mark
Monuments of the bridge at the north-west end : mileage list - Kagoshima 1469km, Shimonoseki 1076km, Osaka 550km, Kyoto 503km, Nagoya 370km, Koufu 131km, Yokohama 29km Monuments of the bridge at the north-west end : mileage list - e.g. Sapporo 1156km, Aomori 736km, Sendai 350km, Niigata 344km, Mito 118km, Utsunomiya 107km, Chiba 37km Monuments of the bridge at the north-west end : description of the Kilometer Zero
Monuments of the bridge at the north-west end : Kilometer Zero square Looking at the bridge from north-east end East side of the bridge
Monuments of the bridge at the north-east end Monuments of the bridge at the north-east end : the original Nihonbashi Monuments of the bridge at the north-east end : description of Nihonbashi
Monuments of the bridge at the north-east end : description of Nihonbashi Looking at the bridge from north-west end West side of the bridge