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Fuji-Hakone-Izu NP, Shizuoka
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The bridge is just 48 m long, yet hangs 23 m above the sea over a wave-carved cleft. It was completed in March 1968.
Local legend—not documented history—says Half-Shiro fell into the sea while carrying a basket of seaweed. His wife, Oyoshi, grieved at the spot, now called Hanjirō-otoshi, beside the bridge.
About 4,000 years ago, Omuro volcano sent lava into the sea to build this coast. From the bridge, look for column-like joints made as the lava cooled and shrank.
The jagged, reddish rocks around Cape Kadowaki are called clinker: later-moving lava broke up an already-cooled crust, and the exposed surface reddened as iron oxidized in the air.
An isolated rock near the bridge is a nesting place for amatsubame (Pacific swifts). Its separation from shore helps protect the birds from land-based predators.
Near the bridge, a public restroom is named “Hanjirō no Otoshidokoro,” nodding to the local legend. Jogasaki’s uniquely named, designed toilets were included in the Japan Toilet Association’s first “Good Toilet 10.”
