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Abashiri
is a city located in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
Abashiri is known as the site of the Abashiri Prison, a Meiji-era facility used for the incarceration of political prisoners. The old prison has been turned into a museum, but the cit ...
,
Hokkaidō, Japan, was an
Ainu chashi
is the Japanese term for the hilltop fortifications of the Ainu. The word is of Ainu origin, from チャシ (''casi'', ), which means palisade or palisaded compound; a rival theory relates this to the Korean term 잣 (''cas'', ''jat'', ) of r ...
, or a fortified settlement. Occupying an elevated site overlooking the
Sea of Okhotsk, the natural changes in elevation of the two mounds upon the plateau were ideal for a fortification. The defensive capability was augmented by the addition of moats. The site is also known as .
It is now a historical site open to the public and has been
designated a national
Historic Site
A historic site or heritage site is an official location where pieces of political, military, cultural, or social history have been preserved due to their cultural heritage value. Historic sites are usually protected by law, and many have been rec ...
.
See also
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List of Historic Sites of Japan (Hokkaidō)
This list is of the Historic Sites of Japan located within the Circuit of Hokkaidō.
National Historic Sites
As of 1 September 2019, fifty-five Sites have been designated as being of national significance (including one * Special Historic Si ...
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Abashiri City Folk Museum
opened as in Abashiri, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1936, making it one of the oldest museums on the island. When the museum opened, the collection comprised some three-thousand archaeological and ethnographic objects collected by , including items from ...
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Yukuepira Chashi
References
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Castles in Hokkaido
Abashiri, Hokkaido
Archaeological sites in Japan
Chashi