Annaka, Gunma / 碓氷峠（めがね橋）
Usui Pass "Megane-bashi" Bridge
Japan's largest brick arch bridge, completed in 1892 for the country's first rack railway over the Usui Pass, an Important Cultural Property popular in the autumn leaf season.
Last official check
25 Sept 2026
Traveler reports
0
Reports open in Phase 2
Next scheduled check
24 Dec 2026
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- Getting there
About 15 minutes by car from Matsuida-Myogi IC; from JR Yokokawa Station, about 100 minutes on foot or 10 minutes by taxi.
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Address: Annaka, Gunma (Japanese address: 群馬県安中市松井田町坂本)
Official site: https://www.city.annaka.lg.jp/kanko_spot/megane.html
Location
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Nearby spots
- No photo yetUsui Pass Railway Heritage ParkGunma4 km away (straight line)
- No photo yetMt. MyogiGunma9 km away (straight line)
- No photo yetOnioshidashi ParkGunma17 km away (straight line)
- No photo yetHaruna ShrineGunma18 km away (straight line)
Photo: shinohal / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0Lake HarunaGunma20 km away (straight line)
Distances are straight-line distances, not travel distances.
Crowds
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- Busiest days
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- Busiest season
From early to mid-November many people come to see the red brick against the autumn leaves.
Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site- Latest traveler report
- None yet
Traveler crowd data by time of day appears after 5 traveler reports (0 so far).
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Verification log
- 25 Sept 2026First check · Tourism board · https://gunma-kanko.jp/spots/145Access, description and coordinates read from a tourism organization's site.