錦帶橋.

The Kintaikyo bridge (錦帯橋) is one of the top 3 bridges in Japan. It was built in 1673. It was rebuilt once in 1950. It was said that the original bridge was constructed without using any iron nails.

The bridge was commonly featured in Hiroshima tour posters with the great Torii. This could be a day trip from Hiroshima.

View from our hotel.

The bridge has been under maintenance since the start of the year. But one can still use half of the bridge.

View from the other side of the bridge the day before.

According to its website, the maintenance to ensure its structure soundness had been completed in Mar 2020.

Website: http://kintaikyo.iwakuni-city.net/
JapanGuide: https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6177.html

Iwakuni Yukariya 岩国縁家

Iwakuni is a small city in the southeast of Yamaguchi. We would be visiting Dassai brewery the next morning, and decided to stay a night before. Iwakuni is just a short distance from Hiroshima, and can be a short day-trip.

We were staying near the Iwakuni station. We found this izakaya about 8min away. It served five local sakes - Kinsuzume (金雀), Ganki (雁木), Gokyo (雁木), Hinoshita musou (日下無双), Dassai (獺祭)

Choushuu Chicken liver (長州どりの鶏レバー). One of my favorite izakaya dish. Boiled liver with shoyu.

Yakitori sticks.

Website: http://www.iwakuni-yukariya.com/
Tabelog: https://tabelog.com/yamaguchi/A3506/A350601/35008777/