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Natural PlacesSite Name: Obiiwa Alternative Name: 帯岩, 下地島巨石Country: Japan Region: Kyūshū Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Miyako-jima (Okinawa pref.) Nearest Village: Shimoji-jima 下地島
Latitude: 24.819070N Longitude: 125.140780E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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A huge rock (12.5m high, 59.9m circumstance) on the western shore of Shimoji-jima island close to Shimoji Airport which is only used for the takeoff & landing training of the pilot trainees. This is believed as the only one survivor of the numerous rocks which were drifted up from the sea by the tsumani in 1771, other Tunami stones were blasted during the construction of the airport. "Obi-iwa" means 'banded rock', named after the central ditch eroded by the tides when it was submerged in the sea.
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