I may have written about this bridge before. It is located on the edge of Ginza as you head North away from where I live. It was designated as the starting place for roads in Japan during the Edo period. The bridge itself isn't too impressive anymore. It is relatively new and looks pretty insignificant compared to the buildings and overpasses that jut out around it. But I liked this dragon.
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OK - I'll tell you what I know about kirin. First of all, in Japanese the word means giraffe. The famous Japanese beer named Kirin has a mythical animal that looks like a horse with a dragon head on it. According to one of the secretaries (my usual source of information) the word is Chinese in origin and they based it on descriptions of giraffes they had from the West. There are some pretty cool elephants you see carved by the Japanese a 1000 years based on descriptions and they are only vaguely recognizable. Anyway, I drank a Kirin on the way home tonight presuming it might be good luck since I am a virtuous person and everything.
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