In June, some friends from the United States and I decided to beat the sweltering afternoon heat (or at least reduce it) with an adventure I’d been meaning to try for quite some time: a walk across Tokyo’s famous rainbow bridge. (And fortunately, no pets were lost in the making of this adventure…this isn’t that rainbow bridge!) Although most people refer to the 798 meter-long suspension bridge as the “rainbow bridge” (レインボーブリッジ) its official name is 東京港連絡橋 (Tōkyō Kō Renrakukyō) – which translates “Tokyo Connecting Bridge.” We took the Yurikamome line to Shibaura-futō, descended the stairs, and headed for the bridge.