<< Our Photo Pages >> Dotō - Pyramid / Mastaba in Japan in Honshū
Submitted by Aska on Sunday, 20 April 2008 Page Views: 11494
Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Dotō Alternative Name: 土塔Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 5.386 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Nearest Town: Sakai (Ōsaka pref.) Nearest Village: Dotōchō 土塔
Latitude: 34.532050N Longitude: 135.509350E
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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A Buddhist pyramid similar to Zutō in Nara and Kumayama-iseki in Okayama.
It is a 13 stories-pagoda made of clay with roof tiles. Some 30 years ago, this ruin was a mere mound covered with wild weeds. It is now under-reconstruction with new tiles and a surrounding park.
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