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<< Our Photo Pages >> Nakata Yokoana - Rock Cut Tomb in Japan in Honshū

Submitted by Aska on Monday, 12 October 2009  Page Views: 3751

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:
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.
3 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.
5 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
5

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Nakata cave
Nakata cave submitted by Aska : Site in Honshu Japan: (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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Nakata Yokoana
Nakata Yokoana submitted by Aska : Site in Honshū Japan The painting inside the cave. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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 44.7km SSW 212° Jūōmae Yokoana* Rock Cut Tomb
 49.7km N 4° History and Folklore Museum Futaba-Machi* Museum
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