The 12 bridges at Kato-zu

The northeastern part of Chiba Prefecture and the southern part of Ibaraki Prefecture region was recognized to the national park "Suigoh-Tsukuba" in 1960.

"The 12 bridges at Kato-zu" are in a vast paddy field zone in the south of the park.

In the old times, people around here were coming and going with the boat through the waterway that run crisscross.

In Kato-zu, 12 easy bridge that connect houses came to be called "the 12 bridges."

You can get through under the bridges by the small boat which the boatwoman manages.

The season from late spring to summer when the iris and sweet rush bloom is especially crowded around here.

Data

Name

The 12 bridges at Kato-zu

place

Oogishima, Katori City

[admission] fee

Up to five people per one boat6500 yen,over five 1300 yen each

Access

By train : Getting off at Sawara Station, JR Narita-line. And on Kan-Tetsu sightseeing bus getting of at Sawara Aquatic Botanical garden entrance a few minutes on foot.

the bus : about six a day.

or by car : 10 minutes from Jyu-ni-kyo station.

By car : Higashi Kanto Expressway minutes 20 minutes from Sawara-Katori exit or 25 minutes from Taiei exit.

By High-way bus: Kanto Railways Green Bus from Tokyo Station for Hokota-station , getting of at Yodaura, The Sawara Aquatic Botanical garden

Keisei bus, from Hamamatsu-cho, or Tokyo-station, by way of Sawara, for Choshi, getting off at Sawara station north exit

Kantetsu sightseeing bus, 20 minutes from Sawara station for Itako, getting off at The Sawara Aquatic Botanical garden

Parking

none

Souvenir

fish boiled in soy sauce, pickles, local sake, sweet potato cake, and Japanese cloth etc.

Inquiries

Katori City Sightseeing division; Tel.0478-50-1212

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