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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Achi Jinja shrine Alternative Name: 阿智神社Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 5.456 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Kurashiki (Okayama pref.) Nearest Village: Honmachi 本町
Latitude: 34.597510N Longitude: 133.773350E
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 Shinto shrine on the Tsurugata-yama (鶴形山）hill in the heart of Kurashiki town has some stone settings which may represent the prototype of shinto religion called "Iwakura" (=worship for huge natural rock).
A fine view of old Kurashiki canal town can be seen from here.
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