🉐🉐今日は何の日?、8月4日は「橋の日」、猛暑を避け、かつ背筋の寒くなる絶好の避暑地が「祖谷のかずら橋」です。🉐🉐情報でした。 In order to avoid intense heat but to make you cold inside of your heart, Iya Kazura Bridge is the perfect summer resort. 「こちらから”祖谷のかずら橋”」を確認下さい。
Iya Kazura Bridge over the canyon in this secluded mountain villages is also associated with the legend of fleeting Heike clan, once the most powerful ruler in the Heian period. This bridge is made of Actinidia arguta (a kind of kiwi vine) and is 45 meters long, 2 meters wide. It weighs about 5 tones and is suspended 15 meters above streams. It was the only access over the deep canyon into the mountainous area in those days. The bridge is changed every three years. これまで五十数年ぐらい生きてきて2回だけ渡ったことのあるこの橋、 最初に訪れた小学生の頃、足が震えて渡り切るのに四苦八苦した、 10年ぐらい前、2度目に渡った時は落ち着いて周りをよく見ることができた。