Izumi Kanga Ruins
The is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Heian period government office complex located in former Haramachi, Fukushima, Haramachi town in what is now part of the city of Minamisōma, Fukushima, Minamisōma, Fukushima prefecture in the southern Tōhoku region of northern Honshu, Japan. It has been protected by the central government as a Historic Sites of Japan, National Historic Site since 2010. Background In the Nara period, after the establishment of a centralized government under the ''Ritsuryō'' system, five districts of southern Mutsu Province: Iwaki (石城), Shineha (標葉), Namekata (行方), Uta (宇太), Watari (曰理) and one district of Hitachi Province, Kikuta (菊多) were joined together to form the new province of Iwaki (石城国) in 718. The province only lasted for a short period and was absorbed back into Mutsu in 720 or 724. This site is believed to have been the location of the civil administration of ancient Namekata District in the Heian period. ...
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