Two ‘husband and wife’ vine bridges: the male one is 42 m long, the female one 22.
Two bridges of woven vines (shirakuchi kazura, a wild actinidia) cross the Iya River a short distance from each other: the larger, called the ‘male bridge’, is 42 metres long, 2 wide and suspended 12 metres above the water; the smaller, the ‘female bridge’, measures 22 by 1.2 metres at a height of 4 metres. Nearby, a hand-pulled cable car called ‘yaen’ lets you cross the river by hauling yourself along in a basket with a rope. Local tradition attributes the construction to descendants of the Heike clan, fleeing after their defeat, to reach a training ground towards Tsurugi-san.
Located in the Oku-Iya Valley, municipality of Miyoshi, distinct from the better-known Iya-no-Kazurabashi further downstream: both are rebuilt at regular intervals by weaving new vines.
ℹ️ Open seasonally; adjacent campsite (Oku-Iya Kazurabashi camp).
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