Tokyo-to Chuou-ku Nihon Bridge
Kilometer zero (origin) of all main public roads in Japan is located at Nihonbashi (Nihon Bridge) in Tokyo.
The original Nihonbashi is a wooden bridge built in year 1603. The current stone bridge (19th generation) was
built in year 1911. The current one is a north-south bridge across the Nihonbashi River.
The nearest train stations are Nihonbashi Station of subway Asakusa Line / Ginza Line / Touzai Line
and Mitsukoshi-mae Station of subway Ginza Line / Hanzoumon Line.
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Looking at the center of the bridge from its east side. Someone is standing in the middle of the bridge looking at the Kilometer Zero mark. The 2 green bridges above are the highway bridges.
| In the middle of the bridge. This is the Kilometer Zero mark.
| Looking at the center of the bridge from its west side
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Monuments of the bridge at the north-west end
| Monuments of the bridge at the north-west end : Kilometer Zero monument
| Monuments of the bridge at the north-west end : replica of the Kilometer Zero mark
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Monuments of the bridge at the north-west end : mileage list - Kagoshima 1469km, Shimonoseki 1076km, Osaka 550km, Kyoto 503km, Nagoya 370km, Koufu 131km, Yokohama 29km
| Monuments of the bridge at the north-west end : mileage list - e.g. Sapporo 1156km, Aomori 736km, Sendai 350km, Niigata 344km, Mito 118km, Utsunomiya 107km, Chiba 37km
| Monuments of the bridge at the north-west end : description of the Kilometer Zero
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Monuments of the bridge at the north-west end : Kilometer Zero square
| Looking at the bridge from north-east end
| East side of the bridge
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Monuments of the bridge at the north-east end
| Monuments of the bridge at the north-east end : the original Nihonbashi
| Monuments of the bridge at the north-east end : description of Nihonbashi
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Monuments of the bridge at the north-east end : description of Nihonbashi
| Looking at the bridge from north-west end
| West side of the bridge
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