Tokyo, Japan - Nijubashi (Double Bridge) - postcard c.1980s

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• Picture / Image:  Nijubashi (The Double Bridge) - near Tokyo Central Station
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Seimon Ishibashi and Seimon Tetsubashi

The old bridge before it was replaced with a European-style bridge during the Meiji-era, with the Fushimi-yagura in the back

Two bridges led over the moats. The bridges that were once wooden and arched, were replaced with modern stone and iron cast structures in the Meiji era. The bridges were once buffered by gates on both ends, of which only the Nishinomaru-mon has survived, which is the main gate to today's Imperial Palace.

After their replacement in the Meiji era, the bridge is now called Imperial Palace Main Gate Stone Bridge (皇居正門石橋, kōkyo seimon ishibashi)) and Imperial Palace Main Gate Iron Bridge (皇居正門鉄橋, kōkyo seimon tekkyō), respectively. The iron bridge is also known as Nijūbashi (二重橋, literally "double bridge"), because the original wooden bridge was built on top of an auxiliary bridge due to the deepness of the moat. The stone bridge is also called Meganebashi (眼鏡橋, literally "Spectacles Bridge") because of its shape.[16] However, both bridges are often mistakenly collectively called Nijūbashi.[17]

Today both bridges are closed to the public except on January 2 and the Emperor's Birthday.