The Taikan-bashi bridge has newel posts which look like upside-down octpus pot trap. The bridge wasn’t installed in case enemies could invade Akashi Castle by crossing the river easily in the Edo period. Afterward they built the bridge and named it Taikan-bashi, the Great Pleasure Bridge, then changed the meaning of kan, a port of the name to view. In a word Taikan-bashi, the Great View Bridge. The newel post of the Great Pleasure Bridge can be seen at the west of the bridge as a memorial.
Akashi heritage-map “castle town(Jouka)” 2017
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