Oita Yoshino Stone (Oita Prefecture) [Famous Japanese Stones]

OITA YOSHINO Stone

Oita Yoshino stone

This is a historic stone, with an anecdote that the Dangobashi monument and Kinbashi bridge were made from this Yoshino stone.
The Dango Bridge, built during the Sengoku period, no longer exists, and only a monument stands there.
Legend has it that in Nakahara, Yoshino Village, there lived a strong samurai named Hara Osumi no Kami who served Otomo Sorin. He brought a huge stone weighing 100 kan from the mountain behind the village under his arm and built a bridge to replace one that had been washed away by heavy rain.
The same stone is Yoshino stone.

This is a historic stone, with an anecdote that the Dango Bridge monument and gold bridge were made from Yoshino stone. The Dango Bridge, built during the Sengoku period, no longer exists, and only the monument remains. There is a legend that a strong samurai named Hara Osumi no Kami, who served Otomo Sorin, lived in Nakahara, Yoshino village. After a was washed away by heavy rain bridge, he brought a huge stone weighing 100 kan from the mountain behind his house under his arm and built a bridge to replace it.