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Modern SitesSite Name: Gokō-no-Miya shrine Alternative Name: 御香宮 GokonomiyaCountry: Japan Region: Honshū Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Kyōto (Kyōto pref.) Nearest Village: Fushimi-ku 伏見区
Latitude: 34.934600N Longitude: 135.767000E
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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Modern Stone Circle / Monolith in Honshū
The inner dry landscape garden of this shrine was designed by Kinsaku NAKANE in 1957, utilizing the stones that had been placed in the garden of an ex-courthouse.
Open 9:00-16:00, admission 200 Japanese Yen (inner garden, 2024 price). The precinct is open to public.
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