A mysterious bridge starting with “wo” found around Kusugawa Station!
Words that include “wo” are pretty rare, aren’t they? With my vocabulary, all I can think of are… “wokashi,” “wotaku,” “Aida Mitsuwo,” and “Abe Sadao”.
Here’s the bridge.
“Wokami Hashi”
It’s read “okami,” so if written in kanji, would it be “御上” (the Emperor)? Or “女将” (proprietress)?
I wandered around the bridge to see if there was anything that might offer a clue.
Shinkawa = 新川, and “Wokami Hashi” spans the Shinkawa River.
You can see Route 43 to the south.
On the bridge girder, there’s a pattern that kind of looks like the logo of Itoman Swimming School… but it doesn’t seem likely to help solve the mystery.
Ah!
“Wokami Hashi” = “岡見橋” So that’s what it was!
“Okami Bridge” — I couldn’t see any hills, but I could see Mt. Rokko in the distance.
Maybe long, long ago, you could see a hill from this bridge?
Here’s the location↓
It’s just east of Kusugawa Station.
In Closing
According to urban planning data, this “Okami Bridge” was built in 1984. It doesn’t seem to date back to the Meiji or Taisho eras.
The origin of “岡見” is a mystery, and above all, why it’s written “をかみ” instead of “おかみ” remains a mystery too.
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