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烏帽子岩 (Eboshiiwa)

Also known as: 烏帽子岩・烏帽子・Eboshiiwa

A town-area name in Sanyo-Onoda, read Eboshiiwa. Taken literally 烏帽子 would be "Karasuboshi", but the whole word is read eboshi as a jukujikun, and the same word appears in Furueboshi (古烏帽子) in Toyotamae-cho, Mine City.

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