KINTAIKYO is a worldwide cultural asset which is a beautiful and superior dynamical
wooden structure.Tradition of founders technique in those days is human greatness.
By the way, do you know the KINTAIKYO is the symbol of international exchange?
International exchange between Hiroyosi Kikkawa, the third feudal lord and Dokuryu,
Chinese Priest from Hangchou in Ming Dynasty had many kind fields, medical, engineering,
art, culture and etc. Introduction from Priest Dokuryu of Geographies of His-Huhand
destine Iwakuni. As the result, KINTAIKYO in Iwakuni had been built in 1673. But, in 1589
in China Lake His-Hu in Hangchou, a bridge named KINTAIKYO, had also been built. And
today, its name has been taken over.
Even though there are differences of figure of both KINTAIKYO, both countries call
those KINTAIKYO as [sister bridges of Japan and China] having being for three or four
hundred years. Certainly, we can say KINTAIKYO is a go-between in Asia.