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Modern SitesSite Name: Kitaoka Park Alternative Name: 北岡公園 Kitaoka Kōen, Kotaoka KoenCountry: Japan
NOTE: This site is 12.607 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Kyūshū Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Kumamoto (Kumamoto prefecture) Nearest Village: Yokote 横手
Latitude: 32.796970N Longitude: 130.692490E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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This park was originally the precinct of the temple praying for the feudal lord Hosakawa family, modified into a public park in 1955. It contains a dry landscape garden.
Open 8:30-17:00, closed at the end of the year, admission 200 Japanese Yen (2020 price).
The great damages caused by 2016 earthquake, this park has been closed.
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