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Rock ArtSite Name: Nakata Yokoana Alternative Name: 中田横穴Country: Japan Region: Honshū Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Iwaki (Fukushima pref.) Nearest Village: Taira-Numanouchi 平沼ノ
Latitude: 37.005790N Longitude: 140.966780E
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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Cave or Rock Shelter in Honshū
One of the decorated rock cut tomb group in the Pacific area of Ibaraki-Fukushima-Miyagi prefectures, discovered during the construction of a road. It has 2 rooms, the inner room is decorated with simple triangle pattern in red and white.
Only open to public 13:00-15:00 of the 2nd Sundays from April to October.←Unfortunately this site was submerged by the 2011 tsunami, the observation facility has been closed since.
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