One of Japan's three most unusual bridges, in Saruhashi-cho, Otsuki City. It spans a gorge about 30 meters deep carved by the Katsura River (upper Sagami River) using a unique method: instead of supports, four tiers of cantilevered beams called 'hanegi' project from the bedrock on both banks. The current bridge was restored in 1984 and is approximately 30 meters long and 3 meters wide. Travelers o…

Kai-no-Saruhashi is said to have been first constructed around 1400 during the Muromachi period. Spanning a gorge approximately 30 meters deep carved by the Katsura River, the bridge employs a distinctive cantilever technique known as 'hanebashi,' in which tiered wooden beams called 'hanegi' project…