Okazaki, which was about three and a quarter miles from Fujikawa, was a very prosperous town in Hiroshige's day. The bridge over the Yahagi River just outside the town, which is said to have measured 1248 feet, was the longest on the Tokaido. To emphasize its length Hiroshige has drawn it from a distance and allowed it to stretch across the entire surface of the print. Today Okazaki Castle is to the right of Yahagi Bridge, but apparently the bridge was in a slightly different location in Hiroshige's time. The mountains in the distance are of Hiroshige's invention.