Japanese covered bridge
The symbol of the town, built by the Japanese community around 1600, with a small temple inside it.
Duration
15 min – 30 min
Best time
Before 8am
Open
Every day
Entry price
120000 VND
The bridge was built around 1600 by the Japanese community to reach the Chinese quarter across the canal. It is covered, timber on stone piers, and holds a small temple to Tran Vo Bac De, god of weather, in the middle.
At each end, a pair of statues: dogs at one, monkeys at the other. The usual explanation is that building started in a year of the monkey and finished in a year of the dog. The bridge appears on the twenty-thousand-dong note.
Getting there
At the west end of Tran Phu, in the old town. Crossing the bridge uses a coupon from the combined ticket; going round it by road is free.
What the price covers
the old town ticket opens it; it has no separate rate — the bridge counts as one of the ticket's five sites.
Rules on site
The passage is narrow and turns into a photo jam in late afternoon. The bridge was closed for restoration in 2023: check it has reopened before making it your reason to come.
Checked on 29 August 2026 at Hoi An World Heritage — entrance ticket
Other places in Hoi An
- Hoi An old townA fifteenth-century trading port left intact, silk lanterns and yellow timber houses.
- An Bang BeachThe sand four kilometres from the old town, lined with unpretentious bars.
- My Son SanctuaryFourth-century Cham brick tower-temples in a jungle bowl, bombed and then restored.
- Central MarketThe herbs, the noodles and the fabric stalls where you order a suit in twenty-four hours.