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<< Our Photo Pages >> Shōjigayatsu Yokoana - Rock Cut Tomb in Japan in Honshū

Submitted by Aska on Monday, 09 January 2012  Page Views: 2173

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Shōjigayatsu Yokoana Alternative Name: 障子ヶ谷横穴 Shojigayatsu Yokoana
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 18.111 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Honshū Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Futtsu (Chiba pref.)  Nearest Village: Ainoyatsu 相野谷
Latitude: 35.301800N  Longitude: 139.884990E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Shōjigayatsu Yokoana
Shōjigayatsu Yokoana submitted by Aska : Shōjigayatsu Yokoana tomb no. unkown. (Vote or comment on this photo)
25 rock cut tombs on a mountain ridge. Some of them are believed to have carvings of birds and ships.

Other rock cut tombs on the nearby ridge also seem to have carvings : Kitaneyatsu Yokoana (北根谷横穴), Omote Yokoana (表横穴).
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Shōjigayatsu Yokoana
Shōjigayatsu Yokoana submitted by Aska : Omote Yokoana tomb no. unknown (35.30465N,139.88010E). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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 1.3km SSW 203° Kinu Yokoana* Rock Cut Tomb
 2.7km SW 229° Terayatsu Yokoana* Rock Cut Tomb
 4.2km S 191° Kameda Yokoana* Rock Cut Tomb
 8.6km S 182° Daiman Yokoana* Rock Cut Tomb
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 28.6km W 275° Jōmyō-ji temple* Modern Stone Circle etc
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 30.1km W 277° Kenchō-ji temple* Modern Stone Circle etc
 30.5km W 277° Meigetsu-in temple* Modern Stone Circle etc
 31.6km WNW 284° Shichikokuyama Yokoana* Rock Cut Tomb
 33.9km W 281° Senbagayatsu Yokoana* Rock Cut Tomb
 35.3km NNW 337° Ōmori Kaizuka* Ancient Village or Settlement
 35.4km ENE 66° Nagara Yokoana* Rock Cut Tomb
 36.0km S 181° Higashiyama Yokoana* Rock Cut Tomb
 37.3km NNW 328° Sengen Jinja Kofun* NOT SET
 40.2km NNW 327° Noge Ōtsuka Kofun* Long Barrow
 40.5km NW 321° Maginu Kofun* Passage Grave
 42.3km NW 312° Ichigao Yokoana* Rock Cut Tomb
 42.7km N 349° Kiyosumi Teien garden* Modern Stone Circle etc
 43.2km NNW 345° Hemisphere* Modern Stone Circle etc
 44.2km NNW 331° Gōtoku-ji temple* Modern Stone Circle etc
 44.6km W 280° Koshinoyama Yokoana* Rock Cut Tomb
 44.8km NW 312° Hayano Yokoana* Rock Cut Tomb
 47.4km NNW 347° Yayoi* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
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