Kuga

Kuga occupies eastern Suō, where the Nishiki River reaches the Inland Sea at Iwakuni. After Sekigahara, Kikkawa Hiroie established a castle and town here under the Mōri. The river separated the lord's residence at Yokoyama from the town at Nishimi, and floods made crossing difficult. In 1673 his successor Kikkawa Hiroyoshi built the Kintai Bridge, a remarkable wooden structure of five spans that joined the two sides of the town.