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Modern SitesSite Name: ex-Aoyama Bettei residence Alternative Name: 青山別邸 小樽貴賓館Country: Japan Region: Hokkaidō Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Oratu (Hakkaidō pref.) Nearest Village: Shukutsu 祝津
Latitude: 43.231740N Longitude: 141.008680E
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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Modern Stone Circle / Monolith in Hokkaidō
Otaru is a port town developed after Meiji restoration and later developed as an economic centre of Hakkaidō.
A herring fishery millionaire Aoyama family built this villa spending their welfare for construction, preserving treasury and making this wild dry landscape garden. It stands on a hill where the herring guard on the watch tower could find the white waves indicating the arrival of the herrings for spawning now it has become an illusional scenery now.
Open 9:00-16:30 (winter time -15:30), admission 1300 Japanese Yen (excluding tax, 2024 price), closed for 1 week after the New Years Day. The official site in English.
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