Tokyo, Japan's Bridges: Tenjin Bridge across the Yoko Jikkengawa

March 2012 (35.701 Degrees, 139.820 Degrees) Tenjin Bridge

The next bridge across the Yokojikken Canal is the Tenjin (天神) 'Heavenly Gods' Bridge. It's just around the corner from the Kameido Tenjin Shrine, which is most likely where the bridge gets its name.  It carries Kuramaebashi Road, which is the name of the bridge that carries this road across the Sumida River.

The bridge is a quaint, Art Deco style structure with flowers cast into the elaborately decorated lamp posts and railings. It's a single span steel girder bridge (what appears to be a support at midspan is actually for a utility bridge behind our roadway structure).

There are boardwalks on both sides of this part of the canal. It must make for a pleasant stroll in this largely residential area.

Tokyo, Japan's Bridges: Tenjin Bridge across the Yoko Jikkengawa by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.