Vietnam Travel Hoi An - Japanese Covered Bridge (Cầu Nhật Bản)

 Vietnam Travel Hoi An - Japanese Covered Bridge (Cầu Nhật Bản)(2016 0827)

Address: Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai, Phường Minh An, Hội An, Quảng Nam 564010, Vietnam

The covered bridge, built in the late 16th and early 17th century AD was constructed by Japanese settlers and is known as Chùa Cầu (Pagoda Bridge) to the local people.  Stepping through the bridge entrance and treading on the wooden boards of the crossing, you soon see why.  At the entrance to what is also known as Lai Viễn Kiều (Pagoda in Japan), there are two dog statues with red cloths covering their heads.  These shrines counter the two monkey shrines either side of the other end of the bridge.

Vietnamese-Chinese god Trấn Vũ Bắc Đế (玄武北帝)