Built in 1634 by a Chinese monk: in 1982 a flood swept half of it away.
The double stone arch, the first of its kind in Japan, is reflected in the Nakashima and forms the outline of a pair of glasses, which gives the bridge its name. It was built in 1634 by the monk Mokusu Nyojō, second abbot of the nearby Kōfuku-ji, with stonemasons specially brought over from China.
An Important Cultural Property since 1960. At 22 metres long, 3.65 wide and 5.46 high above the water, it is the oldest double-arched bridge in Japan. Already damaged by a flood in 1648, it took its worst blow in the great Nagasaki flood of 1982, which swept away about half of it: it was rebuilt with the original stones recovered from the river.
ℹ️ Always visible and open to walk across, on a public footpath in the centre of Nagasaki.
🚉 City Hall · 3 min walk
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