2024/11/7 It takes more than 10 minutes to walk from Keihan/JR Kyobashi Station. The bridge is about 1.5 km away. I got off at the Keihan East Exit of City Bus Route 62 and headed there. From the top of Neyagawa Bridge, I was fascinated by the trains going up and down the slope. I crossed the Neyagawa River on the footbridge Osakabashi, and crossed the Neyagawa River again from the Otemon Gakuin side, that is, the south side, using Kyobashi.
Walking along the moat from Osaka Castle, I came across the Neyagawa River (formerly the Yamato River) at the Kyobashi Exit. It continued to the Kyokaido. The Kyokaido was a highway connecting Osaka and Kyoto, and had four post stations: Fushimi-juku, Yodo-juku, Hirakata-juku, and Moriguchi-juku. When feudal lords went on alternate attendance trips to Kyoto, the shogunate instructed them to pass through Fushimi rather than enter Kyoto, as it was too sacred. They were afraid that outside feudal lords would come into contact with the emperor, and wanted them to go through Fushimi via the Saigoku Kaido. That feeling is spot on.
Kyobashi was already built during the Toyotomi era, and was rebuilt in 1623. Of the 200 or so bridges in Osaka, it was the official bridge managed directly by the shogunate because it was located at a key transportation point. The roofs on the bridge piers and the ship guard posts installed to prevent ships from hitting them prevented the cut edges from rotting due to moisture. The temperature was lower in this era than it is today, so there are many pictures of snow in this ukiyo-e collection.
I was a stamp collector when I was in school, so all the stamp collectors' series were expensive, but "Kambara" was especially expensive. It felt like the Tokaido, and the snow was so deep. Hosetsu was also influenced by it.
This bridge is the original "Kyobashi." It is quite far from the current Kyobashi Station and the downtown area.
Originally a Kogibashi bridge from the Edo period, it bore an inscription that it was built in 1623 (Genwa 9).
The current bridge was replaced in 1924 (Taisho 13), and was rebuilt as a result of Neyagawa River renovations and renovations during the Showa era, and is shorter than the original.
The DoubleTree by Hilton Osaka Castle building is currently under construction just behind it, and is scheduled for completion in 2023.
Osaka Castle seen from the footbridge at Kyobashi, a glimpse of Osaka Castle from Tosabori-dori street,
the tunnel that passes under the Keihan train line, the tracks are divided into upper and lower parts, I wonder if they can't be spread out horizontally? I think it's a great place for train photographers, and once you go through the tunnel there is a bridge that leads to Tenma, it's a bit of a warp zone, there were a lot of people on bikes going through the tunnel so I was wondering where they were going,
today I was able to visit three places: Kyobashi, Osakabashi and Kawasakibashi.
Come to think of it, everyone went there during the Tenjin Festival and it looks like you can get a good view.
This bridge is the origin of the name of Kyobashi Station on the JR Osaka Loop Line. It's in such a remote location. It's fun to walk across and remember the old days when water transportation was popular.
