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Multi-periodSite Name: Sakeishi (in Yashima) Alternative Name: 鮭石 魚形文刻石Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 18.92 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Yuri-Honjō (Akita pref.) Nearest Village: Yashimamachi-Nanokamachi 矢島
Latitude: 39.232060N Longitude: 140.138960E
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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In the area Koyoshi river (子吉川) basin, 7 rocks with fish(salmon?)-shaped englavings were found. Now 4 of them are placed at the entrance of Yashima Kyōdo Shiryōkan (矢島郷土資料館 = Yashima Town Local Museum) near the Yashima station. Another one is placed in the precinct of Ryūgen-ji (龍源寺) temple 500m west (39.23161N, 140.13153E) from the museum.
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