Nihonbashi (日本橋) is today’s preferred western spelling, a business district of Chūō which grew around the bridge of the same name that has linked two sides of the Nihonbashi River at this site since the 17th century. The first wooden bridge was completed in 1603. The current bridge, designed by Tsumaki Yorinaka and constructed of stone on a steel frame, dates from 1911.  This brilliant urban postcard is old, unused, and Grade: 1