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The Yonagauni monument lies in the southern coast of Yonaguni island - the westernmost inhabited island of Japan. It's located `08 kilometres of the east of Taiwan and 459 north of the Batanes, Philippines. Yonaguni monument is an underwater rock formation that baffled marine scientist and researchers due to the formations similarity to man-made structures. Two camps presented their arguments for the Yonaguni monument - The supporters of man-made or artificial origin and second the supporters of natural rock formation.

The artificial origin camp says that the structure was highly unlikely natural due to holes and wedges found. Masaaki Kimura, a marine geologist from the Ryukyu University, estimated that the underwater ruins were man-made and not natural formations. Carvings, aesthetic triangle, strategically placed holes, and right angles are evidence of human alteration. He further argued that the monuments might be part of the lost Pacific continent of Mu.

On the other hand, the natural origin camp says that the Yonaguni monument nothing more than natural rock formation. The natural formation argument was coined by Richard J. Peterson who believed that the ancient communities linked to the monument have no energy or means to build such a massive underwater structure. 

So who created this massive underwater formations or structure? Others say that the ancient Phenician built it because of the scripts found. Some argue that it's made by giants or Denisovans who once lived in Siberia, Russia.

How to get there when in Japan

You can reach Yonaguni monuments from Ishigaki to Yonaguni Airport (OGN) or by boats (Fukuyama kaiun) from Ishigaki.

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