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	Yonaguni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yonaguni lies 125 km from the east coast of Taiwan.
		Yonaguni was part of the continent until the last ice age.
		At the time that it was supposedly constructed, the affected area of Yonaguni composed a land bridge between the islands of Taiwan, Ryūkyū, and Japan with Asia in the days of the ice age.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yonaguni (709 words)

	Yonaguni travel guide - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Yonaguni is notorious for its local language, brewed in isolation for centuries, which even those from mainland Okinawa find utterly incomprehensible.
		Yonaguni is also pretty much the only spot in Japan where it is possible to spot the giant whale shark, the largest of them all, although sightings are quite rare.
		Yonaguni is best known for hanazake (花酒), literally "flower sake", a drink nowhere near as dainty as you might expect from the name: it's the local 60° awamori and tradition demands drinking it straight, without even an ice cube to ease the pain.
	wikitravel.org /en/Yonaguni (2647 words)

	Confronting Yonaguni - Chapter Twenty Seven / 1
		The doyen of the group, and in my view the hero of the Yonaguni saga for his determination, persistence and refreshingly open-minded intellectual approach, is Dr Masaaki Kimura, Professor of Marine Geology at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa.
		He and his students have completed hundreds of dives around the main “terrace” monument at Yonaguni as part of a long-term project in which they have thoroughly measured and mapped it, produced a three-dimensional model, taken samples of ancient algae encrusted on its walls for carbon-dating, and sampled the stone of the structure itself.
		Significantly, Yonaguni has no naturally exposed igneous rocks, so the tools, or at least the raw materials from which they were made, must have been imported from neighboring islands where such rock is found.
	www.bibliotecapleyades.net /esp_ruinas_yonaguni_4.htm (4575 words)

	Read About
		Yonaguni is located at the end of the Ryukyu chain of islands.
		Yonaguni is so small (12 miles by 3 miles) that you can leisurely bike around it in a couple of hours.
		Yonaguni also has excellent marlin fishing, which, if successful, may be worth the price of the trip.
	www.toriitraining.com /read_about.htm (1833 words)

	Yonaguni Enigmatic Underwater Monuments Robert M. Schoch
		Yonaguni lies in an earthquake-prone region; such earthquakes tend to fracture the rocks in a regular manner.
		The Yonaguni Monument may even have been a quarry from which blocks were cut, utilizing natural bedding, joint, and fracture planes of the rock, and thence removed for the purpose of constructing other structures which are long since gone.
		On Yonaguni there are very old tombs (age unknown, but possibly on the order of thousands of years old) that stylistically appear to be comparable to the "architecture" of the Yonaguni Monument.
	www.robertschoch.net /Enigmatic%20Yonaguni%20Underwater%20RMS%20CT.htm (2419 words)

	Ooparts & Ancient High Technology--Underwater Cities; Noah's Flood Proof?
		Yonaguni is a small island south-west of Okinawa in the Japanese archipelago.
		Robert Schoch, the American geologist who re-dated the sphinx, dived to examine the Yonaguni Monument and later commented that while natural water erosion and rock splitting might possibly produce a structure of this type, he had never seen anything quite like it before.
		Geologically, the Yonaguni pyramid sank into the ocean at the end of the last ice age, around ten thousand years ago.
	www.s8int.com /water2.html (1203 words)

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		In fact, the foremost expert on the Yonaguni Monument, Professor Masaaki Kimura of the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, believes the four-inch gap between the obelisks may have channeled a shaft of sunlight signaling the autumn equinox.
		Yonaguni is a place where history shades into mystery, and stone weathers into art-or back again into rock.
		Before we have to leave Yonaguni we manage to make a couple more spectacular dives-one on a deep-water wall topped with a coral garden, a paradise for several varieties of "Nemos," as Kanai calls the anemonefish; and one at a maze of bedrock spurs, full of caves and graceful arches reminiscent of those tombs.
	scubadiving.com /secrets_of_yonaguni (2527 words)

	Morien Institute - the ancient underwater pyramid structure off the coast of Yonaguni-jima, Japan as seen by Dr Robert. ...
		These ancient settlements are proving to have been much more advanced urban cities than current models of prehistory are prepared to acknowledge, but their existence is just as real as the fact that they were obviously flooded during the abrupt end of the last Ice Age, at the Pleistocene/Holocene boundary.
		The Yonaguni Monument is discussed in greater detail, with many photographs, in Dr Schoch's book "Voices of the Rocks".
		When viewing photographs of the Yonaguni Monument many people immediately have the impression, due to the regularity of the stone faces of the steps and the sharp angles made by the rock, that this is an artificial structure.
	www.morien-institute.org /yonaguni_schoch1.html (1797 words)

	Yonaguni phrasebook - Wikitravel
		Yonaguni is a language spoken solely on the island of Yonaguni at the westernmost tip of the Yaeyama Islands, Japan.
		In general, Yonaguni only uses the 3 vowels, a, i, and u (compared to Okinawan, with 5, Yaeyaman, with 4, Miyako, with 4, and Amami, with 8), but e and o are still heard occasionally, such as in the imperative hire: (go!) and the emphatic particle do:.
		The same woman, 87 years old, is also the last remaining soul with a traditional knowledge of the island's peculiar writing system known as "kaida dii" (two symbols found carved in the underwater ruins closely resemble the local characters for horse and goat, respectively).
	wikitravel.org /en/Yonaguni_phrasebook (396 words)

	Secrets of The Deep - FT114
		Yonaguni is a small (approximately 10 km by 4 km [6.25 miles by 2.5 miles]) Japanese island located east of Taiwan and west of Ishigaki and Iriomote Islands in the East China Sea.
		The Yonaguni Monument is over 50 meters (160 feet) long in an east-west direction and over 20 meters (65 feet) wide in a north-south direction.
		The Yonaguni Monument is composed predominantly of medium to very fine sandstones and mudstones of the Lower Miocene Yaeyama Group (Kimura, 1997.
	www.forteantimes.com /articles/114_japan.shtml (639 words)

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		Asahi Shimbun, May 22, 1997 Pacific isle of dreams Japan's Yonaguni Island near Taiwan shares a common past with its neighbor and is pushing for closer ties.
		Yonaguni has a history of growing paddy rice that goes back 500 years.
		For example, Taiwanese money was used in Yonaguni before the war and the exchange rate between it and the yen was one to one, Ikema explained.
	www.cs.le.ac.uk /people/fdv1/BIRDS/Yonaguni.html (936 words)

	The Scuba Stop - Yonaguni Trip Report
		Returned from a long weekend on diving Yonaguni and it was awesome as usual.
		On the corner staring into the vast ocean is the Moai of Yonaguni a 16ft tall carved face.
		After a few hours chasing Yonaguni ponies and hiking through the cliffs of Yonaguni everyone was ready for a hearty meal of marlin, soup, chicken and a local stew- and of course an ice cold Orion(the local brew).
	www.thescubastop.com /forums/printthread.php?t=891 (887 words)

	UNDERWATER PYRAMIDS: JAPAN 2
		In september, not far from the shore of the island of Yonaguni, more then 300 airline miles south from Okinawa, they found a gigantic, pyramidal structure in 100 feet of water.
		The structure off Yonaguni, a small island southwest of Okinawa, was first discovered 75ft underwater by scuba divers 10 years ago and locals believed it was a natural phenomenon.
		Yonaguni Island nearest to underwater pyramids at: 123 E 24.30 N
	www.cyberspaceorbit.com /phikent/japan/japan2.html (1467 words)

	The Official Graham Hancock Website: Feature Articles
		No mention is made of the fact that Professor Kimura is a geologist too and that he and his team of research students from the University of the Ryukus have reached their opinion about the artificiality of the monuments after a five-year survey there involving more than 200 dives.
		I don't think anyone is in a position to form an intelligent opinion about what Yonaguni has to offer until they have put in extensive time there and dealt with some of the risks of repeated dives to its unique underwater sites.
		The experiences I have had as a hands-on diver (including examination, in ferocious currents, of what is, indeed, a "clearly-defined path" at the base of the monument) have convinced me that the structures are all inter-related and that they must, accordingly, be the result of some sort of masterplan.
	www.grahamhancock.com /features/trenches-p6.htm (635 words)

	MYSTERIOUS WORLD: Summer 2002: Fragments
		"Yonaguni", as it is typically called, takes its name from the small nearby island of Yonaguni, the westernmost of the Ryukyu archipelago of islands that stretches from Kyushu to Taiwan.
		In July of 1986, Kihachiro Aratake, a diveshop owner on Yonaguni Island, a small Japanese island southwest of Okinawa, strayed outside of the safety perimeter to dive the unknown areas west of the island.
		Schoch believes that the sharp right angles to be found throughout the site are part of the natural process of erosion, where the soft stone of which the "Monument" is composed tends to flake off along parallel lines, over time creating the angular features of the Monument.
	www.mysteriousworld.com /Journal/2002/Summer/Fragments (3675 words)

	Yonaguni Monument
		One of the features on the Yonaguni monument is the 'giant turtle' that has been carved out of the living rock at the eastern side of the structure.
		I have seen photographs of the 'main' and 'upper' terraces on the Yonaguni monument, and also of the 'loop road' that winds around the bottom.
		According to the abstract, at the Hawaii symposium you also said that the Yonaguni structure resembles ancient Okinawan castles such at Shuri Castle and Nakagusuku Castle on Okinawa Island.
	www.bibliotecapleyades.net /arqueologia/esp_ruinas_yonaguni_2.htm (1917 words)

	Breeds of Livestock - Yonaguni Horse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Yonaguni is a small native pony of the southwest islands of Japan.
		In 1996 there were about seventy-five living Yonaguni ponies on East and North Ranches on Yonaguni Island, located on the west side of the Yaeyama Islands.
		In 1939, when local breeds began to be improved to produce larger war horses, the Yonaguni on their remote island were excluded from that plan, and the original breed has been preserved.
	www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/horses/yonaguni/index.htm (255 words)

	Conversation for Exploration - Japan's Underwater Stone Monuments - Shun Daichi - Okinawa
		He reasons that if the five layers on the Yonaguni site had been carved by nature, you would find debris from the erosion to have collected around the site, but no rock fragments have yet been found.
		The Yonaguni site might be ceremonial platforms, and the Okinawa site seems similar to a castle wall, a conjecture that is supported by nearby castles on the island with a similar architectural style," says Arbuthnot.
		Arbuthnot says that when he came up after the first dive, at Yonaguni, he found little to suggest that it was man made.
	www.lauralee.com /japan.htm (1297 words)

	Yonaguni, The sunken city - Scuba Diving Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Fathoms does a combo trip to Yonaguni and Ishigaki, but it has a different price and is at a different time of the year.
		This is an incredible opportunity for all to see, however if your dive skills are not sharp or you are an "occasional diver", reconsider your dive destination until you have had a chance to gain more experience.
		Yonaguni isn't going any place, and more is being discovered every day there.
	www.scubaboard.com /archive/index.php/t-20720.html (1052 words)

	Geological Look at the Japanese 'Underwater Pyramids
		Your argument was essentially based on your explanation of the processes involved in the formation of the Giant's Causeway morphology, which was overly simplistic and very lacking reflecting your poor knowledge of geology.
		Strong current is claimed in the caption, but it is not strong enough to significantly deflect their respirator bubbles.
		Well at the moment we are discussing the Yonaguni Jima outcrop so maybe we can stay there for the time being.
	www.ramtops.co.uk /yonaguni.html (2389 words)

	Ancient Archaeology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the Yonaguni case these are the two holes and the round boulder.
		However, where the holes in the Yonaguni monument are universally described as functional, to be filled by posts or something like that, the Quenko holes are designated as eyes.
		Though the Yonaguni case is as yet not as certain as in Peru due to the quality and the small number of available pictures, it can be concluded that while there are stylistic differences, there are also considerable stylistic parallels, and a great similarity in method.
	www.altarcheologie.nl /connections/yonaguni_peru.htm (599 words)

	Morien Institute - the mysterious underwater pyramid structure at Yonaguni
		He had been invited there by Graham Hancock, who was then researching "Heaven's Mirror", filming a series of TV programmes, and presumably laying the groundwork for his recent book "Underworld".
		Whilst there, Dr Schoch debated the structure, and the local geology of nearby Yonaguni Island, with Professor Masaaki Kimura, whose work on the underwater structures in that area had come to the attention of Graham Hancock some time earlier, and had featured in his books and on the television programmes that he presented.
		The controversy that had developed over the next few years was covered in The Japan Times on July 19 2000, which also reported on the ancient myths and legends of the Okinawa region:
	www.morien-institute.org /yonaguni.html (1689 words)

	Yonaguni Horse Breeders \| Yonaguni Horse Breeder information
		Keep in mind there are many different Yonaguni breeders and it is your responsibility to conduct the proper research.
		You should first question why you want a Yonaguni horse and should have answers that do not conflict with your current lifestyle, family needs, personal budget and the available time you can devote to your new pet.
		A good Yonaguni horse breeder will investigate you as much as you investigate them to find the best home for their Yonaguni horses.
	www.animaroo.com /horses/Yonaguni_Horse_Breeders.html (228 words)

	AR13 - JAPAN'S UNDERWATER RUINS By Frank Joseph
		The sunken buildings are known to cover the ocean bottom (although not continuously) from the small island of Yonaguni in the southwest to Okinawa and its neighboring islands, Kerama and Aguni, some 311 miles.
		If, after all, ongoing exploration here does indeed reveal more structures linking Yonaguni with Okinawa, the individual sites may be separate components of a huge city lying at the bottom of the Pacific.
		Its resemblance to the structure found at Yonaguni is remarkable.
	www.atlantisrising.com /issue13/ar13japanunder.html (2107 words)

	[mysterious world]
		Kimura has spent several years studying all eight sties, especially Yonaguni, which was found 13 years ago, in 1985.
		He adds that there is what look like a road encircling the site as further indication it was used by man. He believes building this monument necessitated a high degree of technology, and some sort of machinery.
		And the corals were gorgeous." "The two sites are very different, though both are at a comparable depth, 60 to 100 feet beneath the ocean’s surface.
	www.angelfire.com /pa3/mw/current.html (967 words)

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		Most geologists familiar with the area also maintain that the structures are mere geologic processes of natural origin and consistent with other known geological formations.
		At the alleged time that it was constructed, the affected area of Yonaguni composed a Land bridge between the islands of Taiwan, Ryukyu, and Japan with Asia in the days of the ice age.
		In addition to scientific explanations, other esoteric theories are that yonaguni was part of the legendary ancient civilizations of Mu (lost continent) (Lemuria (continent)), whose fate it shared with Atlantis or Thule, as an ancient advanced civilization which sank into the sea.
	www.goaldsf.org /contact.html (1298 words)

	Ooparts & Ancient High Technology--Underwater Cities, Submerged Monuments-Yonaguni Again
		At the very end of the Japanese archipelago, Yonaguni is the site of mysterious underwater carvings believed by locals to be the remnants of a vast underwater city, a kind of Japanese Atlantis.
		SIMKIN: At the end of the Japanese archipelago lies Yonaguni, shrouded in mist and mystery.
		The adults sing of their island’s beauty while the children are told legends of its past — stories about a mysterious castle underneath the sea.
	s8int.com /water15.html (1174 words)

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