Japanese-built bridge in Vietnam faces collapse

Japanese-built bridge in Vietnam faces collapse

An ornate wooden bridge built by Japanese merchants centuries ago in the central Vietnamese town of Hoi An was almost completely submerged by flood waters over the weekend and faces imminent collapse. The photo was taken in September, 1996. The picturesque 18-meter bridge, built between 1593 and 1596 by Japanese merchants who lived and worked in Hoi An, is now a tourist site and a symbol of friendship between Japan and Vietnam.

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, and his fiancee Victoria Romanovna visit museum Tretyakov Gallery - Moscow

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, and his fiancee Victoria Romanovna visit museum Tretyakov Gallery - Moscow

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, (Georgi Mikhailovich Romanov) and his fiancee Victoria Romanovna (Rebecca Virginia Bettarini) visit the Masterpieces of Russian art of the 11th - early 20th century exhibition at the museum Tretyakov Gallery, on April 3, 2021 in Moscow, Russia. Photo via DNphotography/ABACAPRESS.COM Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, (Georgi Mikhailovich Romanov) and his fiancee Victoria Romanovna (Rebecca Virginia Bettarini) admire the painting, Portrait of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich (1596-1645) by Johann Heinrich Fussli (Credit:DN Photography/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

Ikegami Honmonji Temple

Ikegami Honmonji Temple

Visitors to the temple saw this scene after passing through the front gate (existent) built between 1688 and 1704, going up the stairs donated by Kato Kiyomasa and installed between 1596 and 1615, and then passing through the sanmon gate built along with the five-story pagoda by the second shogun Tokugawa Hidetada in 1608. The building on the left is the drum tower where ceremonial drums were stored. Both the gate and the drum tower were destroyed in World War II. The 29.5-meter pagoda however survived and still stands today as the oldest pagoda in the Kanto region and a National Important Cultural Asset. Mid-Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐19‐0]

Ikegami Honmonji Temple

Ikegami Honmonji Temple

Visitors to the temple saw this scene after passing through the front gate (existent) built between 1688 and 1704, going up the stairs donated by Kato Kiyomasa and installed between 1596 and 1615, and then passing through the sanmon gate built along with the five-story pagoda by the second shogun Tokugawa Hidetada in 1608. The building on the left is the drum tower where ceremonial drums were stored. Both the gate and the drum tower were destroyed in World War II. The 29.5-meter pagoda however survived and still stands today as the oldest pagoda in the Kanto region and a National Important Cultural Asset. Mid-Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐2‐0]

Japanese-built bridge in Vietnam faces collapse

Japanese-built bridge in Vietnam faces collapse

An ornate wooden bridge built by Japanese merchants centuries ago in the central Vietnamese town of Hoi An was almost completely submerged by flood waters over the weekend and faces imminent collapse. The photo was taken in September, 1996. The picturesque 18-meter bridge, built between 1593 and 1596 by Japanese merchants who lived and worked in Hoi An, is now a tourist site and a symbol of friendship between Japan and Vietnam. ==Kyodo