Kintaikyo Bridge and Iwakuni Castle

Last Monday we drove to Iwakuni City to do some sightseeing and to just get out of Ube for the day. It was about an hour and a half drive- but we found out when we got there that the left section of the bridge was closed due to damage from a recent typhoon. We were able to walk across most of it though- just not across the left side, where they were repairing one of the support beams.

We then took a gondola ride up the mountain to see Iwakuni Castle at the top. It is a small castle, but it had a beautiful view of the surrounding mountains and the ocean.

The weather looks cold, but it was still hot and very humid that day!