An extraordinary Edo-period cantilever wooden bridge arching across a deep gorge without piers in Yamanashi.
- Best time
- All year
- Admission
- ¥0
- Parking
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- Getting there
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- Official info
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Weather for your date
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17°C
Partly cloudy
💧 49% rain chance · wind 4 km/h
Hourly forecast
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Getting to Saruhashi Bridge
🚉Saruhashi Station
Approx. 1.1 km from spot
🚶~14 min walk
Easy walking distance from station
💳Mobile Suica / IC Cards
Tap phone at ticket gates (No cash needed)
Directions to Saruhashi Bridge
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When to see this place
Typical viewing windows. Weather and bloom dates vary each year; these are not live forecasts.
No month-specific guide yet for Oct. This does not mean the place is closed.
Suitability
Stroller: Not recommended
Nursing room: Not available
Noise level: quiet
Rules
Water access: river
Drones: permit required
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Within 30 km, closest first.
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Sources, photo credits and verification
Place information: Official tourism source · Reviewed 2026-10-25
- 1. Sarubashi (titel op object) Afbeeldingen van beroemde plekken in Japan (serietitel) Nihon meisho zue (serietitel op object), RP-P-1989-308 · Rijksmuseum · Source ↗ · CC0
- 2. NDL-DC 2542755-12 Kobayashi Kiyochika M291101 crd · Kobayashi Kiyochika · Source ↗ · Public domain
- 3. NDL-DC 2540870 09-Utagawa Hiroshige II-諸国六十八景 甲斐-文久2-crd1 · Utagawa Hiroshige II · Source ↗ · Public domain
- 4. Saru hashi-2 · 江戸村のとくぞう · Source ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Monkey statue @ Saruhashi Bridge @ Hike to Mount Ougiyama & Mount Momokurasan @ Yamanashi Prefecture (13469579395) · Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · Source ↗ · CC BY 2.0
- 6. Monkey statue @ Saruhashi Bridge @ Hike to Mount Ougiyama & Mount Momokurasan @ Yamanashi Prefecture (13469680393) · Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · Source ↗ · CC BY 2.0
- 7. Saruhashi Bridge @ Hike to Mount Ougiyama & Mount Momokurasan @ Yamanashi Prefecture (13469550245) · Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · Source ↗ · CC BY 2.0
- 8. Saruhashi Bridge @ Hike to Mount Ougiyama & Mount Momokurasan @ Yamanashi Prefecture (13469576225) · Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · Source ↗ · CC BY 2.0
- 9. Saruhashi Bridge @ Hike to Mount Ougiyama & Mount Momokurasan @ Yamanashi Prefecture (13469576555) · Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · Source ↗ · CC BY 2.0
- 10. Saruhashi Bridge @ Hike to Mount Ougiyama & Mount Momokurasan @ Yamanashi Prefecture (13469578105) · Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · Source ↗ · CC BY 2.0