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250 m (820 ft) History. Construction start. 1997. Construction end. 2004. Location. The Eshima Ohashi Bridge (Japanese: 江島大橋, Hepburn: Eshima Ōhashi) is a rigid-frame bridge in Japan that connects Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, and Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, over Nakaumi lake. It was built from 1997 to 2004, and it is the largest ...
Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi bridge and Atake (大はしあたけの夕立, Ōhashi atake no yūdachi) is a woodblock print in the ukiyo-e genre by the Japanese artist Hiroshige. It was published in 1857 as part of the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo and is one of his best known prints.
Ohashi Atake no Yudachi (Sudden shower over Shin-Ōhashi bridge and Atake). Ukiyo-e print shows pedestrians crossing the great bridge at Atake during a rain storm. No. 52 in the series Meisho Yedo Hiakkei (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo), 1857. Date: 1857: Source
Eshima Ohashi Bridge, Japan The Eshima Ohashi Bridge in Japan, commonly referred to as the "roller coaster bridge," is notorious for its steep grades that provide drivers with a heart-racing ...
1856–58. Type. ukiyo-e. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (in Japanese: 名所江戸百景, romanized:Meisho Edo Hyakkei) is a series of 119 ukiyo-e prints begun and largely completed by the Japanese artist Hiroshige (1797–1858). The prints were first published in serialized form in 1856–59, with Hiroshige II completing the series after ...
13.1 km (8.1 mi) History. Opened. 1988; 36 years ago (1988) Location. The Great Seto Bridge or Seto Ohashi Bridge (瀬戸大橋, Seto Ōhashi)[1][note 1] is a series of double deck bridges connecting Okayama and Kagawa prefectures in Japan across a series of five small islands in the Seto Inland Sea. Built over the period 1978–88, it is one ...
Unit 731 (Japanese: 731部隊, Hepburn: Nana-san-ichi Butai), [note 1] short for Manchu Detachment 731 and also known as the Kamo Detachment [3]: 198 and the Ishii Unit, [5] was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that engaged in lethal human experimentation and biological weapons manufacturing during the Second Sino-Japanese War ...
27 metres (89 ft) History. Construction start. May 15, 1988. Opened. May 1, 1999. Location. The Kurushima Kaikyō Bridge (来島海峡大橋, Kurushima Kaikyō Ō-hashi), which connects the island of Ōshima to the main part of Shikoku, was the world's longest suspension bridge structure [1] when completed, in 1999. The bridge is part of the ...