Iwadatami ('The Tatami Rocks') (Nagatoro)

Japan / Saitama / Yorii / Nagatoro / Oaza Nagatoro
 rocks, picturesque, interesting place, natural monument
Japan's first Scenic National Monument, Iwadatami ('The Tatami Rocks'). Rock Tatami Cliff (Nagatoro no Iwadatami, 長瀞の岩畳), namely crystalline schist creating successive layers of rock overlapping each others. It seems that this geological feature was in fact created in the ocean (when the area was covered by the sea) and shaped later by the river. The name Iwadatami underlines the ressemblance with a tatami mat floor.
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Coordinates:   36°5'31"N   139°6'59"E
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