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Date UncertainSite Name: Oni-no Tateishi Alternative Name: 鬼の立石 TateishiZaka-no Tateishi 立石坂の立Country: Japan Region: Honshū Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Ōtsuki (Yamanashi prefecture) Nearest Village: SasagoMachi-Shirano 笹子
Latitude: 35.601920N Longitude: 138.849140E
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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This is one of 2 stone sticks gripped by giant old ogress, or one of stone arrows thrown by an ogre (Oni) against other rival ogre or the Japanese superhero Momotarō. The hollow at the tip is believed as the fingerprint of the ogre.
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