<< Our Photo Pages >> Kawakita Yokoana - Rock Cut Tomb in Japan in Honshū
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Rock ArtSite Name: Kawakita Yokoana Alternative Name: 川北横穴Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 19.061 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Ōsaki (Miyagi pref.) Nearest Village: Iwadyama-Shimonome 岩出ì
Latitude: 38.650820N Longitude: 140.889190E
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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Rock Cut Tombs in Honshū
1000 burial caves spread over 3 km on a cliff by the riverside. One of them has red grid painting and is the northernmost example of the mural tomb in Japan, but its cave no. and exact position are unclear.
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