Seta Bridge
is really Seta no Karahashi, Otsu, Shiga
Real place, reimagined
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
A long wooden bridge over the river where it leaves Lake Biwa, on the main road into Kyoto.
The real place
Seta no Karahashi crosses the Seta River just below Lake Biwa. It guarded the eastern approach to Kyoto, and an old saying went that whoever held Seta held the realm. The bridge today is concrete, painted in the old style.
Visiting
A short walk from Karahashi-mae station on the Keihan Ishiyama line. Ishiyama-dera temple is about 20 minutes further on foot.
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