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Ryugashima (Dragon) Rocks

This 30m-tall rocks got its name from the fact that it looks like a dragon flying up to the heavens. Masumi Sugae wrote of it: “A noble island, eternally unmoving amidst the crashing waves.” When viewed from the ocean, it used to look just like a dragon rising up to the heavens, but in 1939, an earthquake caused the “head” to crumble.

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