Aya Teruha Suspension Bridge

**Cross it and keep walking.** The two-kilometre trail on the far side is where the forest actually is. Turning back at the end of the bridge misses the reason it was built. **The forest was nearly logged.** Aya fought the Forestry Agency in the 1960s to stop the evergreen broadleaf stand being replaced with cedar plantation. It is now the largest surviving example in Japan and a Biosphere Reserve. **It moves, and the floor has gaps.** 142 metres up. If heights are a problem this is not a bridge to talk yourself onto. **April to May and autumn.** Fresh growth in spring and scattered colour in autumn are the two recommended windows. **Aya has an organic farming policy.** The town has run one of Japan's longest-standing municipal organic agriculture programmes since the 1980s, and the produce stands and the brewery in town are part of the same story.