The Hōrai Bridge is a wooden pedestrian bridge over the Ōi River located in the city of Shimada, Shizuoka, Japan. It was constructed in 1879. With a length of 897.422 metres, the bridge was registered in The Guinness Book of Records as the longest wooden walking bridge in the world in 1997.
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It’s long and high and you can easily fall off. We went across it on a particularly windy day and it made me nervous, but we made it safely across both ways. It’s a definite experience and I would recommend it. The shrine on the far side was nice to explore, too. 10/10, it was exciting and a nice outing. The tea shop on the side by the road is nice, too. The tea was really delicious and you can choose between...
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Yes, it is a long foot bridge. I can't say we enjoy walking on it because the day we went here had a strong wind that It's hard to walked in it alone so we walked together and hold together back and forth. The children have fun though they felt s bit scary because of the wind but everything goes well. At first they're excited to walked on it. The parking is free and the entrance fee...
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After the nth time of going here, finally able to crossed the bridge ❤️✨ This bridge is the 1997 Longest Wooden Walking Bridge in the world based on Guinness, and I am so happy to see and experience this in my life 🎌
Also there is a rumor that this bridge, is captured/used as a venue in an anime (not sure).
Kudos, Japan on preserving this kind of structure. This is a must...
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