Nihonbashi bridge cleaning ritual
Immaculateness
It seems that the washing ceremony on the Nihonbashi bridge not only relates to the bridge in its physicality but that it also functions as a cleaning ritual to celebrate the bridge… Read More…
Nihonbashi bridge cleaning ritual
Zero point
A bronze plate in the middle of the Nihonbashi Bridge marks the zero point for the roads in Japan. All the distances to other places in Japan are measured from this mark.… Read More…
Nihonbashi bridge cleaning ritual
Water collection
The purest varieties of water are collected from ten different areas in Japan to clean the Zero point on the Nihonbashi bridge Read More…
Nihonbashi bridge cleaning ritual
Videos of washing ceremony
Report of the Nihonbashi Bridge Washing Ceremony (4th sunday of July) by Chuo City Tourism Association, Tokyo MX News and Sankei News Read More…
