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Kanchanaburi: The Bridge on the River Kwai

Kanchanaburi is located west of Bangkok and the province faces the border between Thailand and Myanmar, about two hours from Bangkok.
There is an internationally famous bridge over the Kwai river which served as the setting of the movie " Bridge over the River Kwai ", constructed on the ultimate sacrifices.

I got to know later, but Kanchanaburi had a lot of fights between different races such as Siam (Thailand) and the Khmer Empire or Burma.

The Bridge on the River Kwai
War Memorial
Locomotive in those days
JEATH War Museum

[Kanchanaburi] The Bridge on the River Kwai

The bridge got to be internationally famous for the movie " The Bridge on the River Kwai ".
They say that this bridge was built on the ultimate sacrifices to make a route from Thailand to Burma by Japanese Army during the world war II in 1943, and a lot of prisoners who lost their lives during the construction of the bridge were in the War Cemeteries in the town.

The bridge was 415 meters long and made of wood when it was completed.
It was destroyed by the Allied Forces and rebuilt with iron. The present bridge was restored after the war, and the only half-circle-shaped parts are from the original bridge.

By the way, this bridge is still used even now and trains go and come.
(I didn't know that. :) )

The bridge 1
(The River Kwai and the bridge.)

The bridge 2
(The River Kwai and the bridge.)

The bridge 3
(Over the river)

The bridge 4
(Starts to walk)

The bridge 1
(The River Kwai and the bridge.)

The bridge 2
(The River Kwai and the bridge.)

The bridge 3
(Over the river)

The bridge 4
(Starts to walk)

The bridge 5
(You can walk on the bridge.)
(As you see, there is no barrier not to fall. I thought if this was in Japan, they had to have something to protect people not to fall.)

The bridge 6
(You can walk on the bridge.)
(As you see, there is no barrier not to fall. I thought if this was in Japan, they had to have something to protect people not to fall.)

The bridge 7
(You can walk on the bridge.)
(As you see, there is no barrier not to fall. I thought if this was in Japan, they had to have something to protect people not to fall.)

The bridge 8
(View from a joint of the bridge.)

The bridge 5

The bridge 6

The bridge 7

(You can walk on the bridge.)
(As you see, there is no barrier not to fall. I thought if this was in Japan, they had to have something to protect people not to fall.)

The bridge 8
(View from a joint of the bridge.)

The bridge 9

The bridge 10

The bridge 11

(The River Kwai from the bridge.)

The bridge 12
(The whole view of the bridge.)

[Kanchanaburi] War Memorial
War memorial near the bridge over the River Kwai. I didn't know the history of the construction and prayed for the people who lost their lives during the construction of the bridge.
Memorial 1 (The whole view)	Memorial 2	Memorial 3 (Close-up) (This says like, This memorial was built for southern countries labors and prisoners who unfortunately lost their lives for the construction of the railway to comfort their spirits. Feb, 1943. Japanese Army Railway Forces.)
Memorial 1 (The whole view)	Memorial 2	Memorial 3 (Close-up) (This says like, This memorial was built for southern countries labors and prisoners who unfortunately lost their lives for the construction of the railway to comfort their spirits. Feb, 1943. Japanese Army Railway Forces.)

[Kanchanaburi] Locomotive in those days
Locomotive in those days are displayed in the JEATH War Museum near the bridge.
Locomotive 1 (From an angle.)	Locomotive 2 (Japanese national flag)	Locomotive 3 (The board says, this was the train to carry materials of Japanese Army to Myanmar or India.)	Locomotive 4 (This says, during the war, the Japanese used for the transportation of ammunitions to expand the fight into India & Burma.)
Locomotive 1 (From an angle.)	Locomotive 2 (Japanese national flag)	Locomotive 3 (The board says, this was the train to carry materials of Japanese Army to Myanmar or India.)	Locomotive 4 (This says, during the war, the Japanese used for the transportation of ammunitions to expand the fight into India & Burma.)

[Kanchanaburi] JEATH War Museum

JEATH means Japan, England, Australia, Thailand, Holland.
This museum has a lot of items related to the war and the construction of the bridge.
(I didn't take pictures but there were models to show misery of the war. They were a great shock.

Gate
(The entrance.)

Building
(Thai style.)

Around the gate 1
(Big unexploded bomb is displayed.)

Around the gate 2
(Dolls in military uniform of each country.)

Gate
(The entrance.)

Building
(Thai style.)

Around the gate 1
(Big unexploded bomb is displayed.)

Around the gate 2
(Dolls in military uniform of each country.)

Around the gate 3
(Unusual snake. (Dragon ?) )

Around the gate 4
(Dragon)

Bike ?
(Motorcycle ? like a bicycle of a Japanese soldier.)

Sidecar
(Sidecar with Japanese soldiers.)

Around the gate 3
(Unusual snake. (Dragon ?) )

Around the gate 4
(Dragon)

Bike ?
(Motorcycle ? like a bicycle of a Japanese soldier.)

Sidecar
(Sidecar with Japanese soldiers.)

Painting 1
（(Old life and scenes of battle are painted on the wall.)

Painting 2
(Old life and scenes of battle are painted on the wall.)

Painting 3
(Old life and scenes of battle are painted on the wall.)

Painting 4
(Successive prime ministers)

Painting 1

Painting 2

Painting 3

(Old life and scenes of battle are painted on the wall.)

Painting 4
(Successive prime ministers)

Weapons 1

Weapons 2

Various bills

What are they ?
(Unexploded bombs ?)