Fugoppe Cave

Fugoppe Cave is an archaeological site in Hokkaido, Japan, dating from the Jōmon period. It is located on a hillside known as Maruyama in the town of Yoichi. Along with the nearby Temiya Cave in Otaru City, it is one of only two significant petroglyph sites in Japan.^[1]

There are around 800 figures carved into the rock of the cave. Many are human figures, some of which have wings or horns.^[1] The site has been dated to between 100 and 400 A.D., based on excavations and geological data.^[1] The cave itself is around 7m deep and made of soft hyaloclastite, which is why the figures could be carved by abrasion and then polished.^[1]

Visitor viewing a reconstruction of one of the walls of Fugoppe Cave, at the onsite museum

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ogawa, Masaru (2019). "Rock Art in Japan". In Clottes, Jean; Smith, Benjamin (eds.). Rock Art in East Asia (PDF). Charenton-le-Pont, France: International Council on Monuments and Sites. p. 32. ISBN 978-2-918086-27-7. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

43°11′41″N 140°50′19″E / 43.1946°N 140.8387°E / 43.1946; 140.8387

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[ogawa-1] Ogawa, Masaru (2019). "Rock Art in Japan". In Clottes, Jean; Smith, Benjamin (eds.). Rock Art in East Asia (PDF). Charenton-le-Pont, France: International Council on Monuments and Sites. p. 32. ISBN 978-2-918086-27-7. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

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