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The Japanese Bridge (Vietnamese: Chùa Cầu, lit. Pagoda Bridge) is a footbridge with a temple atop, located in Hội An, Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam.It dates from the late 16th century by Japanese merchantmen but successive renovations and repairs on the bridge have occurred throughout the period to the modern day.
Hội An was a divided town [citation needed] with the Japanese settlement across the "Japanese Bridge", constructed in the 16th-17th century. The bridge (Chùa Cầu) is a unique covered structure built by Japanese merchants, the only known covered bridge with a Buddhist temple attached on one side.
English: The famous Japanese covered bridge in Hội An, dating back to the 18th century. It is claimed that it was created by the Japanese then living in Hoi An as a way to reach the Chinese quarter across the water.
The Japanese Covered Bridge was created by the Nihonmachi in Hội An, Vietnam. Nihonmachi (日本町/日本街, lit. "Japan town" or "Japan street") is a term used to refer to historical Japanese communities in Southeast and East Asia.
Between 1872 and 1889, many bridges were designed by the Eiffel company, created in 1863 by Gustave Eiffel, when Vietnam was part of the French Indochina.However, some works are inadvertently attributed to the Eiffel company, the Truong Tien Bridge was designed by the company Schneider et Cie and Cie de Letellier while the Long Biên Bridge was designed by Daydé et Pillé [], the latter ...
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The oldest remaining covered bridge in Madison County, the Imes bridge was built in 1870. It was repaired in 1959 after a truck carrying 18 tons of corn crashed through the floor. Moved to a park ...
Chùa Cầu, a Japanese-built covered bridge in Hội An.. For a brief period in the 16th to the 17th centuries, Japanese overseas activity and presence in Southeast Asia and elsewhere in the region boomed.