Recorded Joy·Rakutō / Gion

Shirakawa's One-Plank Bridge

A stone single-plank bridge over the Shirakawa in Higashiyama, properly Furukawachō Bridge and also called the Gyōja or Ajari Bridge. The present crossing dates from a 1907 rebuilding: granite, about 12 meters long and barely 67 centimeters wide. During the "Kyoto great circuit" of Mount Hiei's thousand-day kaihōgyō—the stage before completion—white-robed ascetics are said to cross it, and that is said to be the source of its name.

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These notes come from desk research. Local traditions vary.