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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 pre-dreadnought battleship in the world has been a museum for nearly a century.
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The Mandarado yagura cluster.

Kamakura, Japan

Mandarado Burial Grottoes

An eerie cluster of medieval cave-like tombs carved out of a cliff, hidden in a historic mountain pass.
6 miles from Yokosuka
Prince Morinaga’s Dungeon.

Kamakura, Japan

Prince Morinaga's Dungeon

The alleged site of the months-long imprisonment of a Japanese prince.
6 miles from Yokosuka
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
If you think it feels spooky here, it’s not just you.

Kamakura, Japan

108 Grotto Tombs

Hike to a hidden medieval troglodyte necropolis.
7 miles from Yokosuka
The archaeological remains under the glass paneling.

Kamakura, Japan

Hōjō-Komachi Archaeological Remains

The preserved ruins of the Hōjō clan’s palatial estate, hidden in the basement of a tourist information center.
7 miles from Yokosuka
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