The bridge has been a cultural property since 1999: Japan's kilometre zero starts here.
The current stone bridge dates from 1911: the kilometre zero of the national roads starts here, as the five main routes of the Edo period already did. On the columns, the kirin (winged creatures from Chinese mythology, here in bronze) have their wings on purpose: they say that the city ‘takes flight’ from this spot.
The Nihonbashi bridge, from which road distances in Japan are measured.
🚉 Mitsukoshimae · 3 min walk
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The winged kirin statues on the bridge appear in the ending sequence of the second season, in the part where Satoru Gojō and Suguru Getō walk. The same video also includes the stairway of the bicycle parking area in Yoyogi and the southern tip of the islet on the Arakawa River, in Edogawa, which do not have their own markers.
Sources: libert.co.jp · anitora5050.com · online.bunka.go.jp · city.chuo.lg.jp
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