Yonaguni / Photo from ryoki
Yonaguni Islands epitomize the island culture of Japan in miniature. Situated 68 miles beyond the east coast of Taiwan, Yonaguni is remarkable for its rugged and mountainous coastlines. This 4 by 10 km island has a refreshingly virgin atmosphere, unspoiled by the influence of modernity. Its small populace is mostly traditional Japanese with a touching warmth and hospitality. Yonaguni is known for its wonderful natural settings that offer endless scope for adventure and exploration to spirited tourists.
However, the real attraction of these islands is the submerged ruins that you find in the southern coast of Yonaguni. A superb 100×50x25 meters man-made artifact made of solid rock slabs stands erect at right angles. Its age is estimated to be around 8000 years old, which is remarkably early for the kind of technology that has been used for carving it. Different theories exist about the possible identities of this structure.
Yonaguni Monument, thought to be a man made temple, although it is more likely that the rock carving was done by a geological component. / Photo from Nemi.Kaunistytto
While some opine that these ruins are the remnants of the missing Continent of Mu [Video], other archeologists attribute them to be the outcome of unexplained geological processes. Although when you see the finely designed hallways and staircases, this ‘natural phenomenon’ idea will appear sheer out of place.
Stairs / Photo from amakusaleanne
This wonder megalith was discovered quite accidentally by a sport diver in 1995 when he had strayed beyond the permissible limit off the Okinawa shore. He was awe struck to find the reigning stone structure on the seabed covered with coral formations. His snaps created a great sensation after they were published the next day in the major Japanese newspapers. Further searches were conducted by organized teams of experts after the initial findings and soon specimens of other ancient underwater civilizations were discovered.
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The interesting thing about this massive stone building was that it had arches made of beautifully fitted stone blocks bearing resemblance with the building architectural style of the Inca civilization. Debates were rife about the ruins being associated with the prehistoric Motherland of Civilization. Surveying the ruins minutely takes time and skill because of the rough oceanic currents.
Okinawa Rosetta Stone / Photo from sarmoung
Yonaguni symbol / Photo from Doremon360
The manmade vs. natural debate has come to rest ever since the marine geologists have confirmed the artificial origin of the ruins. Japanese intellectuals like Professor Masaaki Kimura of the Ryukyus University are no more enamored with the Mu Continent legends. Though contradicted by historians, some even claimed that the ruins of the sunken civilization could date back to 10,000 years, i.e. even before the commencement of the Egyptian civilization!
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Besides the ruins, Yonaguni Islands have many spots of interest to draw adventure enthusiasts. You will invariably encounter congregations of hammerhead sharks during your wintry dives. The giant whale shark is an added attraction since you scarcely get to see it in any other parts of the world. Divers with an archeological interest love to visit the myriads of caverns and rock structures that throng the southern coastline of the islands. The Temple of Light and Daiyati are known for their incandescent white radiance.
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The journey to Yonaguni Islands could prove to be a difficult venture. Flight and ferry services are regularly disrupted by bad weather conditions. Only 1-2 flights from Ishigaki per day land in the small Yonaguni Airport fields at the rate of Y10000/17000 one-way/return. You could also travel by ship leaving on Wednesdays and Saturdays from Ishigaki charging Y3460/6580 one-way/return. Once you reach Yonaguni, you have to be mentally prepared to face more than one hurdle while embarking upon this thrilling underwater venture.
The revision of History-Japan’s Mysterious Pyramids at Yonaguni / Photo from HIDDEN KNOWLEDGE
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By Andri Kyrychok posted on Feb 10th, 2009
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Quite amazing. Too bad the monetary aspect in getting there keeps research from advancing. It aslo might be that fact that keeps it protected as well.
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By ryan posted on Feb 11th, 2009
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I have heard arguments for and against this being natural, or man made. Personally I think it is Man Made.
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By bubba posted on Feb 11th, 2009
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photoshopped!!! The shadows are off and the pixels are weird.
By pepper posted on Feb 11th, 2009
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very cool hope it they find out who made it
By Idiot posted on Feb 11th, 2009
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[quote comment=""]very cool hope it they find out who made it[/quote]
[quote comment="1767"]I have heard arguments for and against this being natural, or man made. Personally I think it is Man Made.
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Obviously shopped, everything looks blue.
By founder of photoshop posted on Feb 11th, 2009
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[quote comment=""][quote comment=""]very cool hope it they find out who made it[/quote]
[quote comment="1767"]I have heard arguments for and against this being natural, or man made. Personally I think it is Man Made.
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Obviously shopped, everything looks blue.[/quote]
I invented photoshop and this clearly hasn’t been “shopped”.
By evakent86 posted on Feb 12th, 2009
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God knows who made it! Wonderful natural works…
By Kraig in Loma Linda posted on Feb 12th, 2009
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How annoying there are scientists who think this is all the work of natural formations.
Look at the pictoglyphs found there…. anyone with a grain of intelligence can see that they are man-made.
By D. Brown posted on Feb 12th, 2009
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[quote comment=""]How annoying there are scientists who think this is all the work of natural formations.
Look at the pictoglyphs found there….
anyone with a grain of intelligence can see that they are man-made.[/quote]
The pictographs (if they even exist) were *not* found in the so-called “ruins”….
Which by the way are obviously natural formations, I’ve seen many like them above ground. The fracture planes do look sort of man made though, so it’s easy to see why some might think they are man made.
By M posted on Feb 13th, 2009
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I just read a book about the lost continent “Mu” and there was these pictures inside as well.
By Niedfaru posted on Feb 17th, 2009
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There’s always some prick who think he’s a photographic genius and proclaims every picture he comes across to be photoshopped. I’ve seen this place before, in a documentary, so it’s clearly real. Oh, and what a surprise, something underwater looks blue…
By DriveBYviewer posted on Feb 19th, 2009
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[quote comment="1785"][quote comment=""]How annoying there are scientists who think this is all the work of natural formations.
Look at the pictoglyphs found there….
anyone with a grain of intelligence can see that they are man-made.[/quote]
The pictographs (if they even exist) were *not* found in the so-called “ruins”….
Which by the way are obviously natural formations, I’ve seen many like them above ground. The fracture planes do look sort of man made though, so it’s easy to see why some might think they are man made.[/quote]
Look again.
There are no right angles found in nature…………………
By andrei posted on Feb 21st, 2009
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[quote comment=""][quote comment="1785"][quote comment=""]How annoying there are scientists who think this is all the work of natural formations.
Look at the pictoglyphs found there….
anyone with a grain of intelligence can see that they are man-made.[/quote]
The pictographs (if they even exist) were *not* found in the so-called “ruins”….
Which by the way are obviously natural formations, I’ve seen many like them above ground. The fracture planes do look sort of man made though, so it’s easy to see why some might think they are man made.[/quote]
Look again.
There are no right angles found in nature…………………[/quote]
There are right angles in nature; In some rare rock formations they are very often.
By hmmmm posted on Feb 22nd, 2009
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columnar basalt
By Jayson posted on Feb 22nd, 2009
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[quote comment="1817"]There’s always some prick who think he’s a photographic genius and proclaims every picture he comes across to be photoshopped. I’ve seen this place before, in a documentary, so it’s clearly real. Oh, and what a surprise, something underwater looks blue…[/quote]
….. Thank you for calling out those douches
By Joe posted on Feb 23rd, 2009
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Probably a natural formation, even though it would be totally awesome if it really was man-made.
As far as our understanding of tectonic plates goes, continents don’t just sink under the ocean, maybe some small island but nothing big. This is just another case of people presuming what they want to be true to be so, like the face on mars.
By Fhaye posted on Feb 24th, 2009
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Unbelievable yet its true. I saw about this in discovery channel and concluded for unexplained geological process.
By Steve posted on Feb 24th, 2009
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Tell where the shadows are off and sure things are blue. Have you ever been diving? Probably not! Things look blue sometimes in shallow water right here in Florida. Please submit an un shopped photo of yours.
By Miway posted on Feb 24th, 2009
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It’s quite obvious the aliens did it, they most likely stopped in Yonaguni on their way to Egypt to whip up the great pyramids.. c’mon ppl!
By bleh posted on Feb 24th, 2009
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[quote comment=""]Obviously shopped, everything looks blue.[/quote] maybe cause its underwater?
By Charles Dexter Ward posted on Feb 25th, 2009
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It’s R’lyeh.
Also, y’all got trolled.
Phnglui mglwnafh Cthulhu r’lyeh wgahnagl f’htagn
By Awais Naseer Keyani posted on Feb 25th, 2009
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Really wonderful! Thanx 2 stumbleUpon who brought me here!
By Steve posted on Feb 25th, 2009
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[quote comment=""]Really wonderful! Thanx 2 stumbleUpon who brought me here![/quote]
I’d have to agree that it was probably constructed by aliens who then submerged their completed works prior to heading to Egypt and then Mexico. I am just glad that the aliens returned to photoshop some pictures up. LOL
Brilliant pics and discovery
By Fantasy Sports Betting posted on Feb 26th, 2009
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Just fascinating, how was it discovered?
By sreenathan posted on Feb 26th, 2009
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[quote comment=""]Just fascinating, how was it discovered?[/quote]
a big service to all of us to understand from where we are coming and will remind us to go in right track, to aim for a higher standards.
By fukiko makuto posted on Feb 27th, 2009
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[quote comment=""][quote comment=""]Just fascinating, how was it discovered?[/quote]
a big service to all of us to understand from where we are coming and will remind us to go in right track, to aim for a higher standards.[/quote]
whatever. THE END.
By mary sky posted on Mar 2nd, 2009
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[quote comment=""][quote comment=""][quote comment=""]Just fascinating, how was it discovered?[/quote]
a big service to all of us to understand from where we are coming and will remind us to go in right track, to aim for a higher standards.[/quote]
whatever. THE END.[/quote]
fantastic… just imagine what we have not yet found !!!!
By yumyumshisha posted on Mar 2nd, 2009
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Isn’t this older than Stonehenge?
By sudhakar paul posted on Mar 4th, 2009
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[quote comment=""]Isn’t this older than Stonehenge?[/quote]
I feel that this is older than the stone age. Careful study of prehistoric man reveals that man like creatures lived on this earth millions of years back. Even though they are known as homosapians not much about them is known many information is closed with mystery. May be this is one of their construction. To know more any one can read rare books like EARTH’S EARLIEST AGES by
G.H. Pember. Thankyou.
By audrey posted on Mar 4th, 2009
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Underwater is beautiful. There are only very few people who can and will explore it. Natural or man-made? It’s definitely natural. People are debating about it for the sake of debating.
By chicago web design posted on Mar 10th, 2009
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Those are some amazing pictures. When did you go?
By Alx posted on Mar 10th, 2009
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that's because it's underwater surely????
By shia posted on Mar 11th, 2009
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haha fo sho damn haters
By Andrei posted on Mar 16th, 2009
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Thanks to StumbleUpon fir bringing me here!
By Sigma-6 posted on Mar 19th, 2009
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Photoshopped by Aliens! Their best work yet!
By Sigma-6 posted on Mar 19th, 2009
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By the way, there are *many* natural phenomena that look manmade. This one is no exception. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c...
The 'Giant's Causeway' isn't evidence of an ancient civilization either. You're seeing what you want to see. Bravo.
By Reebok posted on Mar 29th, 2009
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wonderful I've seen many like them above ground. The fracture planes do look sort of man made though
By A Karife B posted on Apr 30th, 2009
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All these are evidences of the Great Deluge told in the Bible wich happened 4, 350 years ago. Even men were stronger that we are as we read in Genesis 6:4. It is an evidence thath God, the God of the Bible is real, and All mighty and that He hates sin in His creation.
By david posted on Jun 9th, 2009
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In some rare rocks they are very often? are you kidding think before you speak, how can some thing rare happen very often?
By rentdn posted on Jun 20th, 2009
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Very well researched post , however it would be great to translate yonaguni Islands image ( it's in japanese )
By tiffanys posted on Jun 23rd, 2009
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the lost city!! Considerable wisdom of ancient human ah!!! it still looks grand after 8000 years!!!
By ED Hardy posted on Jul 3rd, 2009
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fascinating. Unbelievable yet its true. I saw about this in discovery channel and concluded for unexplained geological process.
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By Doremon360 posted on Jul 10th, 2009
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Hi all !
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By Ed Hardy posted on Jul 29th, 2009
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By Alien Pharaoh posted on Sep 23rd, 2009
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Right angles…..duh, how can it be formed naturally under water? What about erosion,
by sea water,….no way Nature can do something as sharp and edgy and that too under water. Besides….those rocks arent crystalline to have blocky right angles….
By link building posted on Oct 3rd, 2009
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This is vaszinating
By godaddy coupons posted on Oct 4th, 2009
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Woah, look at those clouds in the first picture, I wish I was there
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