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Forty rock columns in a straight line, all that remains of a hard dyke after the softer stone eroded away.
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Hashigui-iwa is a group of strange rocks in Kushimoto, Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture. About 40 rocks of various sizes stand in a continuous line, running about 850 metres in a north-northwest to south-southeast direction from the coast of Hashigui in Kujinokawa district toward Kii Oshima. The rocks standing in a straight line look like bridge piles, hence the name Hashigui-iwa (Bridge Pile Rocks). At low tide it is also possible to walk across to Benten Island, which is attached to the middle of the row of rocks.
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Highlights / collection：40 rock pillars lined over 850 metres Genre：Outdoor art and land art
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