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<< Our Photo Pages >> Washi-no-ki - Stone Circle in Japan in Hokkaidō

Submitted by Aska on Sunday, 19 December 2021  Page Views: 585

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Washi-no-ki Alternative Name: 鷲ノ木
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 43.499 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Hokkaidō Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Mori-machi (Hokkaidō prefecture)  Nearest Village: Washinoki-chō 鷲ノĈ
Latitude: 42.116100N  Longitude: 140.526250E
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.
4 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
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4 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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Washi-no-ki submitted by Aska : Site in Hokkaidō Japan (Vote or comment on this photo)
A great (approx.35m diameter) stone circle discovered during a road construction under a layer of volcanic ash in 2003. The site was saved by the construction of a tunnel, but due to that fact was prohibited to be registered as regular entry of Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan – a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The site is surrounded by a fence and only open on only few designated days to participants of visiting tours organized by the Mori-machi town office. Official site of town office in Japanese (鷲ノ木遺跡見学会 = visiting tour of Washi-no-ki site).

The excavation of the area around the circle was achieved during 2003-04, lower terrace area digging project continued during 2006-2015.

The central gray line of the circle photo is the preservation-cover of later vegetational soil surface (thick layer of much later volcanic ashes from neighbouring mountain over it were removed), and under the several blue coverings there are rain-fall measuring equipments which alarm the peril of landslides because the site only 2.5m depth over the motorway tunnel has been only preserved.

Now howling robot-wolves has been installed around the site and some of them are placed on a self-propelled cart. See comments section below for more.

Note: Aska visited the Washi-no-ki excavations on a recent open day
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Washi-no-ki submitted by Aska : Site in Hokkaidō Japan (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Washi-no-ki submitted by Aska : Site in Hokkaidō Japan The white point on the left centre on the tunnel bridge over the mortorway is the site. Courtesy of aerial photographs service of Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (https://maps.his.go.up/maplibSea) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Washi-no-ki tours by Anonymous on Wednesday, 06 September 2023
I have just visited this site in Hokkaido. Here is the detail (sorry, in Japanese only) of Washi-no-ki insight-tour organized by Mori-machi town office
http://www.town.hokkaido-mori.lg.jp/docs/2023051600034/

The tours are held at designated times on designated days. Like the world heritage Newgrange tour, the participants are to park their own-cars in front of town office, and the guides drove the visitor-bus to the site. I pointed out in the participants-questionnaire that world-heritage-site should provide multilingual guides for the visitors from all around the world.

The tour has been resumed after COVID-19 pandemic, but temporary suspended by the appearance of horrible brown-bears last year.
http://www.town.hokkaido-mori.lg.jp/docs/2022050900039/
Now howling robot-wolves has been installed around the site and some of them are placed on a self-propelled cart.

Some more about the robot-wolf:
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-43303781
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_TcJONaBe8

The excavation of the area around the circle was achieved during 2003-04, lower terrace area digging project continued during 2006-2015. The central gray line of the circle photo is the preservation-cover of later vegetational soil surface (thick layer of much later volcanic ashes from neighbouring mountain over it were removed), and under the several blue coverings there are rain-fall measuring equipments which alarm the peril of landslides because the site thin 2.5m depth over the motorway tunnel has been only preserved.
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