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Also near Mukojima Hyakkaen Garden is Shirahige Bridge crossing Sumida River to Taito Ward (left side) and Arakawa Ward (right side). The road leads to Minowa and Minami-Senju.
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Built in 1931, Shirahige Bridge was named after nearby Shirahige Shrine. Length is 167.6 meters. Amazing that it survived World War II. 白鬚橋
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Shirahige Bridge over Sumida River is on the border of three wards: Sumida, Taito, and Arakawa. The original bridge was wooden built in 1914. It was a toll bridge, but didn't do well business wise due to watashi-bune commuter boats in the same area.
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Sumida River from Shirahige Bridge.
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Emperor Meiji visited here too.
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Shirahige Bridge on the Taito Ward end.
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Shirahige Bridge over Sumida River. The original wooden bridge survived the 1923 Kanto earthquake, but Tokyo government bought the bridge in 1925 and rebuilt it in 1931.
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Shirahige Bridge looks the same since 1931.
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Shirahige Bridge
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Sumida River as seen from Shirahige Bridge.
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Inside the Haiden Hall of Shirahige Shrine. People also pray at the shrine for finding a good marriage partner, conceiving a child, academic excellence (passing college entrance exams), and water/boating safety.
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Haiden on left and Honden Hall on right.
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Haiden on right and Honden on left.
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Side view of Shirahige Shrine.
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Side view of Shirahige Shrine.
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Looking toward Lake Biwa.
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Next to Shirahige Shrine is Wakamiya Shrine, and more smaller shrines in the rear.
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Matsuo Basho haiku monument.
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Murasaki Shikibu poem monument
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Map of Shirahige Shrine.
     
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