Disguised ancestral memorial tower (Mito-City)

Hi, @NianticGiffard .


I have reviewed this Wayspot post, which is grossly immoral and false.



This Wayspot post is in Japanese.

I will try to translate it into English.



Title:

道脇の石碑

Stone Monument at the Side of the Road



Description:

道路施工時の安全祈願

This Stone Monument that for safety during road construction.



Supplementary information:

歩道脇なのでウォーキングで訪れることができる

The place where this exists is beside a footpath. It can therefore be reached by walking.



City: 1282-1 Horichō, Mito-City, Ibaraki-Pref.

Country:Japan



Original Photo

Google Street View


However, we can see that the object applied for is actually located 12m south of this Google Street View location.


Here is the Google Street View closest to the one applied for.

This is the original location.


The person who applied for the monument says in the description

"This Stone Monument that for safety during road construction.”


Is this true?

I believe it is a falsehood and an attempt to deceive the judges.



I zoomed in and changed the tone to make it easier to see the inscription carved here.

The inscription here is in Japanese: "先祖代々供養塔".

"先祖代々(Senzo-Daidai)" means ”all our ancestors".

and,

"供養塔(Kuyou-Tou)" means ”memorial tower".


Translated, it means "ancestral memorial tower".


The tower was erected to mourn the ancestors of this family.


The Wikipedia article "墓石(Gravestones)" also describes a memorial tower as a type of headstone. (Japanese Only)

Wikipedia 墓石(Gravesone) (Japanese Only)

There are sentences about [the history of gravestones in Japan], which you are welcome to translate and read using Google Chrome or similar.

You can also try a Google image search by copying and pasting the words "先祖代々供養塔" into the search box.

You will find a large number of gravestones in Japan.


This stone is not, as the person who applied for it said, "a monument erected to pray for safety during the construction of the road".

It is therefore now clear that the applicant has attempted to deceive us by falsehood.



I am sending this report to you.




ex.)供養塔 (Japanese Only)


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