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Tomogashima Fortifications

Wakayama · Wakayama · Architecture

Japanese name: 加太と友ヶ島の要塞

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Tomogashima Fortifications
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WHAT TO DOTomogashima Fortifications

Meiji brick gun batteries left on an island, now overgrown - engineering become ruin landscape.

WHEREWakayama

Kihoku · Wakayama

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Meiji brick gun batteries left on an island, now overgrown - engineering become ruin landscape.

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Tomogashima (友ヶ島) is a cluster of four islands in the Inland Sea, off Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan. The four islands are Jinoshima (地ノ島), Kamishima (神島), Okinoshima (沖ノ島), and Torajima (虎島). The islands form part of the Setonaikai National Park.

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Founded / opened:1890s Highlights / collection:Remains of a brick battery, Underground ammunition depot Genre:Architecture

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