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Tanize Suspension Bridge

Tamago Moffle / CC BY-SA 2.0

Tanize Suspension Bridge

谷瀬の吊り橋

Nara · Kansai

The Tanize Suspension Bridge is Japan’s longest pedestrian iron suspension bridge, a 297-metre span swaying 54 metres above the clear Totsukawa river. Crossing it on foot over the gorge is a genuine test of nerve and one of Nara’s great mountain views.

Why we picked it

A vertigo-inducing 297 m footbridge over a river gorge, paired naturally with Totsukawa Onsen and far off the standard Kansai circuit.

Crowd level
Moderate
Admission
Free.
Nearest station
Gojo Station + Nara Kotsu bus (Uenoji stop); or by car

Today

Free

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suspension-bridgeviewpointnature

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