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Here’s today’s quiz↓
Q. Which is the oldest bridge in Nishinomiya? [Nishinomiya Quiz] 
Nishitsu correct answer rate: 40%
If you haven’t seen the answer yet, give it a try♪
- a.上ヶ原八幡神社の水路に架かる橋57%(61票)
- b.西宮北口ちかくの幸運橋7.5%(8票)
- c.生瀬水道橋27.1%(29票)
- d.若山町の歩道橋8.4%(9票)
Actually, here at Nishitsu, we’ve written quite a few bridge-related articles!!
How do you read the name of this bridge? [Nishinomiya Quiz]
Apparently there’s a mysterious bridge near Kusugawa Station whose name starts with “を”
We went to count the bridges over the Shukugawa River and found four called “Shukugawa Bridge”
For more bridge-related articles, click here.
The correct answer is a. the bridge over the waterway at Uegahara Hachiman Shrine.
On the newel post of the stone bridge over the waterway at the entrance to the grounds of Uegahara Hachiman Shrine, there is an inscription reading “An’ei 8, Year of the Boar, August, auspicious □ (possibly ‘day’).” This shows that the bridge was built in An’ei 8 (1779). Among bridges whose construction year is known, it is the oldest bridge in Nishinomiya City.
A bridge built in 1779, which means 242 years ago. That’s old!
Sure enough, the stone bridge is inscribed with “An’ei 8, Year of the Boar, August, auspicious □ (possibly ‘day’).”
Speaking of Uegahara Hachiman Shrine, it’s also the shrine with the oldest torii gate in Nishinomiya.
It says the torii is the oldest in Nishinomiya City and the second-oldest Myojin-style Hachiman torii in the Hanshin area.
It doesn’t mention the bridge, though～😆
