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Nikko (日光市)
Nikko is a popular tourist site in the mountains to the north of Tokyo, full of superb shrines and temples, nearby a picturesque lake and several onsen (hot springs), and at this time of year full of autumn colours. There is also this bridge, which no longer carries any traffic but which (for obvious reasons)…
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A Bridge Over The River Kwai
No – this is not THAT bridge! The original bridge was both built at enormous cost to the prisoners conscripted to construct it and then destroyed by bombing during the Second World War. This bridge was built after the war, but of course is now often visited by those coming to understand and pay tribute…

