HOKKAIDO, Apr 28 (News On Japan) –
The “phantom bridge,” a Hokkaido heritage website within the Tokachi area identified for showing and disappearing with the seasons, has begun drawing guests once more in 2025 as its elusive kind grows more and more fragile.
Lake Nukabira in Kamishihoro, Hokkaido, is house to the Tauushubetsu River Bridge, an arch construction that emerges from the forest after a 15-minute stroll and evokes the picture of historical Roman ruins. Once a part of the previous Japan National Railways Shihoro Line, the bridge is now registered as a Hokkaido heritage website. An area information defined that round 1955, the realm was remodeled from dense forest right into a lake by clearing all of the timber.
On April twenty sixth, marking the beginning of the lengthy vacation season, guided excursions to the bridge resumed. Visitors from Sapporo described the scene as dreamlike, whereas a vacationer from Fukuoka, who had lengthy wished to see the bridge after encountering its picture, expressed concern about its deteriorated state and questioned whether or not it might final one other yr. Tourists can solely strategy the bridge intently throughout this season, because the rising water ranges of the substitute Lake Nukabira will quickly submerge it as soon as once more, reinforcing its nickname, the “phantom bridge.”
Jun’ya Uemura of the Higashi Taisetsu Nature Guide Center famous that the bridge is held collectively by solely a skinny layer of cement and gravel, with no reinforcing metal. Built in 1937 with out utilizing valuable iron throughout a chaotic prewar interval, the bridge has steadily decayed, struggling minor collapses yearly. Uemura added that the bridge’s fragile, fleeting existence, together with the ability and energy of the craftsmen who constructed it 90 years in the past, continues to captivate guests drawn to its fading magnificence.
Source: HBCニュース 北海道放送