Tomogashima 友ヶ島

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Tomogashima
Tomogashima
Tomogashima
Tomogashima
Tomogashima
Tomogashima
Tomogashima

20 minutes by ferry from Kada Port, where you get off, you will see the real world of the movie, Castle in the Sky! Especially, the "Tomogashima 3rd Battery Ruins" has a very mysterious and its atmosphere which you would feel like time travel back there old time.

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Tomogashima 友ヶ島
Kada
Wakayama, 640-0103, Japan     gsearch
tel: +81 73-459-0314
https://en.visitwakayama.jp/venues/venue_505/

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