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<< Our Photo Pages >> Tūji or Chūdi - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Japan in Kyūshū

Submitted by Aska on Sunday, 10 October 2021  Page Views: 336

Modern SitesSite Name: Tūji or Chūdi Alternative Name: トゥージ Tuji チューディ Chudi
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 83.475 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Kyūshū Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Aguni-jima island (Okinawa prefecture)  Nearest Village: Higashi 東
Latitude: 26.584510N  Longitude: 127.226010E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Tūji or Chūdi
Tūji or Chūdi submitted by Aska : Site in Kyūshū Japan In the garden of a vacant house behind a community hall (26.58204N,127.22726E) (Vote or comment on this photo)
 Like “Ichitarai” in Yonaguni-jima island 500km away, here on Aguni-jima island the islander placed stone tubs called “Tūji” for rain water storage, which is precious on the solitary island, and other purposes.

There seem to be hundreds of Tūji on the island, and they are classified by size, shape and purpose : smaller (60cm diam. approx.) round ones called “Usu-tūji”, ‘usu’ means sea water which is used for tofu (soy cake) manufacturing ; larger (100cm diam. approx.) round ones “T ūji” for rain water storage ; small (33×45㎝ approx.) rectangular ones “Tōni” for pig feeding ; larger (50×80㎝ approx.) rectangular ones “Nmuarē -tōni” used for potato washing ; rare greatest (85×150㎝ approx.) rectangle ones remonstrate the wealth of the owner.

 The resource of “Tūji” is soft tuff stone were mined from the western shore of the island but the manufacturing has interrupted for 100 years.
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Tūji or Chūdi
Tūji or Chūdi submitted by Aska : Site in Kyūshū Japan Quarry of Tūji : Yahija beach ヤヒジャ海岸 (26.57690N,127.21714E) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tūji or Chūdi
Tūji or Chūdi submitted by Aska : Site in Kyūshū Japan In front of the port side cafe (26.58002N,127.23360E) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tūji or Chūdi
Tūji or Chūdi submitted by Aska : Site in Kyūshū Japan In front of communal general store of Hama commune (26.58064N,12723547E) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tūji or Chūdi
Tūji or Chūdi submitted by Aska : Site in Kyūshū Japan In front of folkrore museum & educational board (26.58204N,127.22726E) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tūji or Chūdi
Tūji or Chūdi submitted by Aska : Site in Kyūshū Japan In front of tourist information office (26.58202N,127.23335E), recently manufactured replica.

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 48.2km WSW 237° Sonami* Artificial Mound
 48.6km SW 235° TatamiIshi* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
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