Hikone Castle: This is the bridge leading into the castle grounds. It's obviously very old (no idea exactly how old), and when I looked at parts of it closely, it didn't seem that any of it had been restored any time soon, which leads me to believe it's all original. The metal caps could be copper, but at the time, I thought for some reason they were bronze.

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