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<< Our Photo Pages >> Kaname-ishi - Misc. Earthwork in Japan

Submitted by Aska on Saturday, 15 January 2022  Page Views: 883

Multi-periodSite Name: Kaname-ishi Alternative Name: 要石 鹿島神宮 香取神宮
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 14.646 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Kashima (Ibaraki prefecture)  Nearest Village: Kyūchū 宮中
Latitude: 35.968700N  Longitude: 140.636230E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Kaname-ishi
Kaname-ishi submitted by Aska : Site in Japan The one in “Kashima Shrine” (Vote or comment on this photo)
Misc. Earthwork in Japan

In those days Japanese people believed that the earthquakes were caused by a giant catfish living in the underground world. Kaname-ishi (= pivot stone)s have been supposed to have function like pins to fix it absolutely still. The one in Kashima Jingū (鹿島神宮) shrine (35.96870N, 140.63623E) is believed to fix the head and the one in Katori Jingū (香取神宮) shrine (35.88468N, 140.52763E), 8km away southward, fix the tail.
There is a legend that Mito Kōmon, ex-vice shōgun (real name : Mitsukuni TOKUGAWA, 1628-1701) who had interested in Japanese history (and also in imported goods from abroad), tried to dig out one of Kaname-ishi but after 7 days and 7 night throughout digging, he could not reached the bottom end.
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Kaname-ishi
Kaname-ishi submitted by Aska : Site in Japan The one in “Katori Shrine” (Vote or comment on this photo)

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