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Multi-periodSite Name: Shirida Tofuru-baka Alternative Name: シリダトフル墓Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 107.871 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Kyūshū Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Amami-Ōshima island (Kagoshima pref Nearest Village: Kasarichō-Kasari 奄美
Latitude: 28.495330N Longitude: 129.689940E
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 |
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Rock-cut-tombs in Kyūshū
Rock-cut-tombs (= artificial cave burial) dug on the hill in sugarcane field. This necropolis was used as the communal graveyard until 1960’s. “Tofuru ( < tōru)” means ‘go through’, “Baka ( < haka)” means ‘tomb’ thus “Tofuru-baka” is ‘burial cave connected to Hades’
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