“Walking across Kintaikyo’s rolling, hill-like arches brings with it that uniquely exhilarating feeling of touching history with every footstep.”

Client: Setouchi Reflection Trip, the official travel guide to the Setouchi Region of Japan.

Project Description: Write a travel advertorial with photographs.

A Quote

“Walking across Kintaikyo’s rolling, hill-like arches brings with it that uniquely exhilarating feeling of touching history with every footstep.”

The Inside Scoop

This piece on Kintaikyo Bridge was straight up historical reporting. Get some deets, get some fancy photos, get gone.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t given an interview source for this (in fact, it was essentially a rewrite of a translation they’d cooked up of a Japanese article on SRT’s sister site Setouchi Finder). Granted, I could have dug up a source, but time and budget constraints put the kibosh on that.

In any case, I love writing about this kind of stuff. Rich history, interesting technical details about the bridge’s construction, and an epic photo opportunity. What’s not to like?!

The sushi bit was basically tacked on by SRT (probably they needed to pad their roster of food entries on the website), but I tried my best to avoid having it feel that way in the article. Due to the time of year, the sky was thoroughly uncooperative (a constant problem during this project), so on one of the shots I Photoshop swapped the sky for something a little less gray.

My Favorite Part

Researching and photographing a huge, old bridge.

See the results:
Iwakuni’s Kintaikyo Bridge – Feudal Architecture at its Finest