Nene-no-Bashi

A short red-lacquered footbridge at the western entrance to Arima Onsen, named for Nene, wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The couple visited Arima nine times between 1583 and 1598; a bronze statue of Nene sits at the bridge's eastern end. The bridge crosses the Arima River where the carbonated and chloride springs meet, and the morning light through the cedars makes it the most photographed point in town. Walking the loop from Kin-no-yu past Nene-no-Bashi to Tansan Sengen Park takes about thirty minutes at a pause-and-look pace.