Theme day of December, 2007: A bridge

This bridge is Sanjo-oohashi(三条大橋), one of the bridges connecting the centre with the eastern part of Kyoto. The bridge is historical and the starting point of Tokaido, a road connecting Kyoto with Tokyo. After the capital moved to Edo, a former name as Tokyo in Edo era(1604-1867), from Kyoto, this road became the most important road in Japan, with 53 main towns for accommodating travelers along the road. These towns are now familiar by a series of Ukiyoe paintings, Tokaido-gojusantugi, by a painter in Edo era, Hiroshige Utagawa.



By the way, this paintings show the same place in Edo era.

Just for informatiion, the following is a list of these 53 towns and I uploaded the Ukiyoes of these 53 towns, plus Nihonbashi in Tokyo and Sanjo-oohashi in Kyoto, at the other six posts below. Note that these picture are cited from a book, Tokaido-Gojusantsuzi Fukei Zokuga, Iwanami Shoten, 1918.

53 towns between Kyoto(Sanjo-oohashi) with Tokyo(NIhonbashi):

1.Ohtsu(大津) 2.Kusatsu(草津) 3.Ishibe(石部) 4.Minakuchi(水口) 5.Tsuchiyama(土山) 6.Sakashita(坂下) 7.Seki(関) 8. Kameyama(亀山) 9.Shono(庄野) 10.Ishiyakushi(石薬師) 11.Yokkaichi(四日市) 12.Kuwana(桑名) 13.Miya(宮) 14.Narumi(鳴海) 15.Chiryu(池鯉鮒) 16.Okazaki(岡崎) 17.Fujikawa(藤川) 18.Akasaka(赤坂) 19.Goyu(御油) 20.Yoshida(吉田) 21.Futagawa(二川) 22.Shirasuka(白須賀) 23.Arai(荒井) 24.Maisaka(舞阪) 25.Hamamatsu(浜松) 26.MItsuke(見附) 27.Fukuroi(袋井) 28. Kakegawa(掛川) 29.Nissaka(日坂) 30.Kanaya(金谷) 31.Shimada(島田) 32.Fujieda(藤枝) 33.Okabe(岡部) 34.Maruko(丸子) 35.Fuchu(府中) 36.Ejiri(江尻) 37.Okitsu(奥津) 38.Yui(由井) 39. Kabahara(蒲原) 40. Yoshiwara(吉原) 41.Hara(原) 42.Numazu(沼津) 43.Mishima(三島) 44.Hakone(箱根) 45.Odawara(小田原) 46.Ohiso(大磯) 47.Hiratsuka(平塚) 48.Fujisawa(藤沢) 49.Totsuka(戸塚) 50.Hodogaya(保土ヶ谷) 51.Kanagawa(神奈川) 52.Kawasaki(川崎) 53.Shinagawa(品川)

---
More than 100 City Daily Photo blogs participate in this theme day. Do pay them a visit but remember that due to time difference you might not see the proper photo.

Boston (MA), USA - San Diego (CA), USA - Stayton (OR), USA - New York City (NY), USA - Portland (OR), USA - Montego Bay, Jamaica - Inverness (IL), USA - Singapore, Singapore - Stockholm, Sweden - Setúbal, Portugal - Brussels, Belgium - Phoenix (AZ), USA - Seattle (WA), USA - Hyde, UK - Manila, Philippines - Fort Lauderdale (FL), USA - London, England - Austin (TX), USA - Toulouse, France - Weston (FL), USA - Sesimbra, Portugal - Selma (AL), USA - Silver Spring (MD), USA - Saarbrücken, Germany - Cleveland (OH), USA - Crystal Lake (IL), USA - American Fork (UT), USA - Seoul, South Korea - Kyoto, Japan - Tokyo, Japan - Norwich (Norfolk), UK - North Bay (ON), Canada - Arradon, France - Paderborn, Germany - Durban, South Africa - Philadelphia (PA), USA - Cypress (TX), USA - Cottage Grove (MN), USA - Prague, Czech Republic - Portland (OR), USA - Greenville (SC), USA - Boston (MA), USA - Port Angeles (WA), USA - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Wichita (Ks), USA - Saint Paul (MN), USA - Petaling Jaya (Selangor), Malaysia - Grenoble, France - New York City (NY), USA - Nottingham, UK - Hobart (Tasmania), Australia - Arlington (VA), USA - Minneapolis (MN), USA - Miami (FL), USA - Cheltenham, UK - Albuquerque (NM), USA - Saratoga Spgs. (NY), USA - Las Vegas (NV), USA - Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Nashville (TN), USA - Toruń, Poland - New Orleans (LA), USA - Port Elizabeth, South Africa - Melbourne, Australia - Moscow, Russia - Trujillo, Peru - Château-Gontier, France - Quincy (MA), USA - Melbourne, Australia - Port Vila, Vanuatu - Joplin (MO), USA - Bellefonte (PA), USA - Brookville (OH), USA - Chateaubriant, France - Chandler (AZ), USA - Stavanger, Norway - Baziège, France - Auckland, New Zealand - Wellington, New Zealand - Ocean Township (NJ), USA - Subang Jaya (Selangor), Malaysia - Detroit (MI), USA - Riga, Latvia - Nelson, New Zealand - Budapest, Hungary - Cape Town, South Africa - Sydney, Australia - Dunedin (FL), USA - Sofia, Bulgaria - Radonvilliers, France - Turin, Italy - Montpellier, France - Kansas City (MO), USA - Minneapolis (MN), USA - Haninge, Sweden - Wailea (HI), USA - Lubbock (TX), USA - Rabaul, Papua New Guinea - Terrell (TX), USA - Mexico City, Mexico - Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation - Budapest, Hungary - Montréal (QC), Canada - Sharon (CT), USA - Le Guilvinec, France - Jefferson City (MO), USA - Saigon, Vietnam - London, UK - Crepy-en-Valois, France - Orlando (FL), USA - Maple Ridge (BC), Canada - Paris, France - Mainz, Germany - Newcastle (NSW), Australia - Wassenaar (ZH), Netherlands - Menton, France - Monte Carlo, Monaco - Darmstadt, Germany - Naples (FL), USA - Torino, Italy - Saint Louis (MO), USA - Bogor, Indonesia - The Hague, Netherlands - Minneapolis (MN), USA - Anderson (SC), USA - Melbourne (VIC), Australia - West Sacramento (CA), USA - Christchurch, New Zealand