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The octopus stone, ''Taiko-ishi'' 蛸石 (also called "Drum Rock") is a large stone at Osaka Castle in Japan. The stone is near Sakura Gate.
It is one of the largest of several megaliths at the castle (by face area), at 5.5×11.7 meters and over . Its name is derived from the
The octopus stone, ''Taiko-ishi'' 蛸石 (also called "Drum Rock") is a large stone at Osaka Castle in Japan. The stone is near Sakura Gate.
It is one of the largest of several megaliths at the castle (by face area), at 5.5×11.7 meters and over . Its name is derived from the octopus
An octopus ( : octopuses or octopodes, see below for variants) is a soft-bodied, eight- limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (, ). The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttle ...
shape visible on its lower left corner.
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