Sunday, August 16, 2009

Spectacles Bridge

I’ll get around to describing Obon later, but for now, here are some pictures of Spectacles Bridge.  It was built in 1634 and is notable for its Chinese design (Nagasaki was one of the  few places where Chinese merchants could live during the period of national isolation in Japan).  It is named Spectacles Bridge because the reflection in the water resembles a pair of glasses.

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3 comments:

Jen said...

Those are some old glasses!

Anonymous said...

Interesting! Walking area above and to the left

Unknown said...

haha, it kinda does look like glasses!