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Bridge · Hội An ancient town, Phường Hội An, Đà Nẵng

Japanese Covered Bridge (Chùa Cầu)

Chùa Cầu · Lai Viễn Kiều

The Japanese Covered Bridge (Chùa Cầu) is a roofed wooden bridge with a shrine over a small stream in Hội An's ancient town, at the junction of Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai and Trần Phú streets.

Why go

Hội An's heritage conservation centre says the bridge was built by Japanese merchants in the early 17th century, that a shrine was added on its north side in 1653, and that Lord Nguyễn Phúc Chu named it Lai Viễn Kiều in 1719. It says the shrine worships Bắc Đế Trấn Võ, a protective deity, not the Buddha, and that the bridge was recognised as a national historical and cultural relic in 1990. This record is the bridge; the shrine is part of it. The centre's 2023 ticket notice asks visitors to buy an Old Town ticket before entering the ancient town and says each ticket includes one visit to either Chùa Cầu or the Quan Công temple.

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Town

Hội An

Hội An is a historic port town on the Thu Bồn river in central Vietnam, known to Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese and Italian traders of the 16th and 17th centuries as Faifoo, according to the Hội An World Heritage Conservation Centre. Wikidata records the city of Hội An as dissolved on 1 July 2025, and the centre now gives its own address as Hội An ward, Đà Nẵng city.

Near Japanese Covered Bridge (Chùa Cầu)

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