Tokiwa Bridge

What it is

• Two separate bridges located seventy meters apart spanning the Nihonbashi River.
• The upstream pedestrian bridge is the oldest existing stone bridge in Tokyo.
• A gate was originally established at this site in 1629.
• The stone bridge is a designated National Historic Site and Civil Engineering Heritage.

What to see

• The pedestrian-only stone arch bridge restored between 2013 and 2021.
• The downstream road bridge built after the Great Kanto Earthquake.
• A bronze statue of Shibusawa Eiichi located in the adjacent park.
• Important landscape objects designated by the city in 2007.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.