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Modern SitesSite Name: Raikō-ji temple Alternative Name: 頼光寺 Raiko-jiCountry: Japan
NOTE: This site is 17.369 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Toyo'oka (Hyōgo pref.) Nearest Village: Hidakachō-Kaminogō 日
Latitude: 35.475040N Longitude: 134.799420E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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 |
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A temple in Honshū, Japan, named after a brave landowner Minamoto-no Yorimitsu (aka Minamoto-no Raikō) who was said to be a hero who eliminated the chief ogre and a giant spider! It has a fine pond garden with stones behind the buildings and a stone monument in front.
Admission free (donation welcomed).
Also known as the temple which contains a tomb of a Japanese explorer Naomi UEMURA who was born in this town and lost on the way to Mt.Denali (aka Mt.McKinley) in Alaska.
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