この橋はどうやって渡る?How do you cross this bridge?

July 11, 2009: サイクリング Cycling

今日はまた子供たちと一緒に自転車で千曲サイクリングロードを走りました。(今回は6歳のKenちゃんがマイ自転車で!)八幡神社の入口にこんな橋があります。「自転車で渡ってみれば」と言ったら、息子達が実践した。勿論、無理だった。でも、思ったのは、こういうアーチになっている橋はどういう目的でしょうか?何かにシンボル?飾り?誰かの遊び心で作られた?

遊び心で作られたかどうか分かりませんが、子供たちは遊び心で渡ってみた。

I took our kids for another bike ride today along the Chikuma Cycling Road. (This time 6-year old Kenny rode his own bike!) At the Yawata Shrine, we saw this funky little bridge. I mentioned to the boys they should try riding their bikes across it. Of course, they weren't able to make it. But it made me wonder: what exactly is this type of arched bridge for? Is it a symbol? A decoration? Somebody's practical joke?

What ever the bridge's real intent is, our kids had fun with it.

千曲市八幡地区の武水別神社は戸倉上山田温泉から自転車で(6歳の子供のスピードで)約30分。
神社の詳しくはここ。Click here for info (in Japanese) on Takemizuwake Shrine in Chikuma City's Yawata district.
Yawata's shrine is approximately 30 minutes from Togura Kamiyamada Onsen by bicycle (at a 6-year-old's pace).





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