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Medieval (High and Late)Site Name: Tomb of UniUfugushiku Alternative Name: 鬼大城の墓 Uniufugusuku-no-haka
Country: Japan Region: Kyūshū Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Okinawa (Okinawa prefecture)  Nearest Village: Chibana 知花
Latitude: 26.362670N  Longitude: 127.811070E
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.
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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A rock cut tomb on the slope of Chibana Gusuku hillfort. A brave soldier in 15th C, Ken’yū UNIUFUSUSHIKU (aka Ken’yū GOEKU), is rumoured to be buried here. Uni-UFUGUSHIKU is his nickname, ‘Uni ( < oni)’ means ‘ogre’.
From the entrance of Chibana Gusuku, the path to the site is a quiet roundabout.

The short cut path starts at 26.36244N,127.81118E point.
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