Kōzuya-bashi — Wooden Footbridge at Blue Hour (Japan)
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At blue hour, the long silhouette of the Kōzuya-bashi — Japan's longest wooden footbridge, 356 metres of unrailed planks over the Kizu river, built to be deliberately washed away by floods rather than fight them — cuts a dark line against the last glow of a distant town. This camera looked out before dawn, catching the bridge at its most mysterious; by daylight it is a favourite backdrop of period-drama film crews for its castaway-in-time look. It belongs to the Kinki Regional Development Bureau, Japan's river authority, which keeps watch here and, without quite meaning to, guards one of the country's most cinematic crossings.
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