This wooden bridge is located in Chūbu-Sangaku National Park in Kamikachi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan and a famous travel spot, called Kappa Bridge. I enjoyed this scintillating scene in the month of September. The Azusa River flows under the bridge. There are various myths about the naming of the bridge. An aquatic creature is said to have lived near the bridge. His name was Kappa. In some regions, the cucumber filling inside the Japanese sushi roll, the origin of the name was kappa maki roll. It is said that this bridge first appeared in Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s novel Kappa in 1910. Later, inspired from here, this bridge was built around 1927. Behind the bridge stand two gigantic beautiful mountains facing each other. One being Mt. Myojindake and another being Mt. Hotaka. Mt. Myojindake’s series of mountains can be seen. On the other hand, the highest peak of the mountain series of the Japanese Alps is Mt. Hotaka.
Azusa River’s crystal clear cold water and surrounding vegetation are home to many animals. We see many such ducks. Feeding them is prohibited. The first vow is not to disturb the natural diversity, so everyone here is very aware and sincere. Tracking can also be done at different peaks of the mountain. So if you want to experience this natural treasure, leave your vehicle at your resort or at Matsumoto station. You have to travel here by bus or taxi for 50 minutes through tunnels in the mountains to enjoy this beauty. Traveling in summer or fall season is very pleasant.
Hi @Trishatishu , thank you for sharing your post about this beautiful place.
Since we are a worldwide community it would be great if you can add to your post the link to the locations in Google Maps, for us to easily explore them.
Are you talking about this bridge?
The bridge looks fascinating @Trishatishu
Reminds me of a similar one over the clear blue waters of the River Ganga in Rishikesh.
This one is much larger though, with everything else remaining the same.
Thank you @Trishatishu for sharing the links? What about to add them in the original post too? This will make your post more interesting for the readers.
If you like bridges, let me share with you this one in the Alps:
