Tokyo, Japan's Bridges: Oshima Bridge (下流方面) across the Yoko Jikkengawa

March 2012 (35.686 Degrees, 139.821 Degrees) Oshima Bridge

The Oshima Bridge is a three span steel girder bridge similar to the Shimizu Bridge. My feeling is that all of the bridges across the Yoko Jikkengawa were similar to this one in the 1930s but the narrow ones were eventually replaced.  

This is a pretty area with river promenades, Sarue-Onshi Park (a big nature area), and the location of Hiroshige's woodblock print 'Five Pines' is just ahead on the Onagi Canal. In a couple of days we'll compare the current view with the print (made in 1858) to see how much has changed in Tokyo.

Below is a closer view of the Oshima Bridge or Ojimabashi (下流方面).

Tokyo, Japan's Bridges: Oshima Bridge (下流方面) across the Yoko Jikkengawa by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.