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Date UncertainSite Name: Oni-no Tsue Alternative Name: 鬼の杖Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 4.701 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Ōtsuki (Yamanashi prefecture) Nearest Village: NigiokaMachi-Kowaze 賑岡
Latitude: 35.618610N Longitude: 138.961990E
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 menhir is believed to be one of a pair of standing stones thrown by the ogre (Oni : Oni-no Tsue = Ogre's Stick), - the other stands 6km distant, close to a railway line. This slant one stands in a strange stone-piled hollow like a Greek open theatre behind a residential area on a hill.
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