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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Yokosuka

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Yokosuka, Japan

Updated March 12, 2020

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Sarushima Island

Yokosuka, Japan

Sarushima - "Monkey Island"

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

Yokosuka, Japan

Mikasa Memorial Warship

The last remaining predreadnought battleship in the world has been a museum for nearly a century.
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The Harakiri Yagura, the site of Hōjō Takatoki's suicide.

Kamakura, Japan

Harakiri Yagura

Access to this hidden site of a 14th-century mass suicide is prohibited, unless it is to pray for the dead.
6 miles from Yokosuka
Japanese stag beetle (Prosopocoilus inclinatus).

Kamakura, Japan

‘Insect Mound’

Nestled among the bamboos in a temple complex, this art installation serves as a unique memorial to insects.
7 miles from Yokosuka
The gates of Nobuko Yoshiya's house-turned-museum.

Kamakura, Japan

Yoshiya Nobuko Memorial Museum

The former home of queer novelist Yoshiya Nobuko memorializes her contributions to modern-day manga.
7 miles from Yokosuka
The Nagoe Pass.

Kamakura, Japan

Kamakura's Seven Entrances

Narrow passes cut out of mountains surround the medieval capital of Japan.
7 miles from Yokosuka
The Sixteen Wells and stone Buddhist statues.

Kamakura, Japan

Sixteen Wells

This mysterious medieval grotto holds a grid of sacred wells of unknown purpose.
7 miles from Yokosuka
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