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Ao no Domon（青の洞門）

あおのどうもん Ao no Domon

Photo: そらみみ / CC BY-SA 4.0 ／ Source

A monk watched travellers fall from a cliff path and spent thirty years cutting a tunnel with hammer and chisel; the marks remain.

FAQ

Where is Ao no Domon?: It is in Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture, Japan. It is an architecture.
What can I see at Ao no Domon?: A monk watched travellers fall from a cliff path and spent thirty years cutting a tunnel with hammer and chisel; the marks remain. The focus is architecture, sculpture.
When was Ao no Domon established?: It dates from 1764.