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Yonaguni, Ishibutai

Ishibutai1 Ishibutai2 Click for larger image
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According to the Okinawa website, from which pictures 1 and 2 originate, this feature is named Ishibutai, in English usually called the Stage, and found under water near the land based statue called Tachigami (or Tachigami-iwa), some kilometers east along the coast from Iseki point, where the monument is located. In fact, this feature is the second most famous one from Yonaguni, usually known as the Stage, see picture 3. The Okinawa website mentions the feature at the right edge of the right part of the V-shaped backside as looking like a Moai statue, as known from Easter Island. This is the next subject. More pictures of the Stage here.