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List Of Historic Sites Of Japan (Ibaraki)
This list is of the Monuments of Japan, Historic Sites of Japan located within Ibaraki Prefecture. National Historic Sites As of January 1, 2021, thirty-three Sites have been Cultural Properties of Japan, designated as being of national Values (heritage), significance (including three *List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments, Special Historic Sites). , - Prefectural Historic Sites As of November 1, 2020, fifty-seven Sites have been designated as being of prefectural importance. Municipal Historic Sites As of May 1, 2020, a further three hundred and eighty-two Sites have been designated as being of municipal importance. Registered Historic Sites As of January 1, 2021, one Monument has been Cultural Properties of Japan#Categories of registered Cultural Properties, registered (as opposed to Cultural Properties of Japan, designated) as an Historic Site at a national level. See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monuments Of Japan
is a collective term used by the Japanese government's Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties to denote Cultural Properties of JapanIn this article, capitals indicate an official designation as opposed to a simple definition, e.g "Cultural Properties" as opposed to "cultural properties". as historic locations such as shell mounds, ancient tombs, sites of palaces, sites of forts or castles, monumental dwelling houses and other sites of high historical or scientific value; gardens, bridges, gorges, mountains, and other places of great scenic beauty; and natural features such as animals, plants, and geological or mineral formations of high scientific value. Designated monuments of Japan The government ''designates'' (as opposed to '' registers'') "significant" items of this kind as Cultural Properties (文化財 ''bunkazai'') and classifies them in one of three categories: * * , * . Items of particularly high significance may receive a higher classification as: * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seki Castle (Chikusei)
is a ''hirayama''-style Kamakura period Japanese castle located in the Makabe District, Hitachi Province in what is now the city of Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1934. Background Seki Castle is located in the Sekitate neighborhood of the southern end of Chikusei City. The castle site is on a plateau on the western part of the Hitachi Plateau surrounded by Kinugawa River and Kokaigawa River. The castle is protected by wetlands to the east, south and west, with earthen ramparts and moats. The exact date of the castle's foundation is uncertain, but it be believed to have been founded by the fourth son of Yūki Tomohiro, Yūki Tomoyasu, who established a cadet branch of the Yūki clan in the early Kamakura period. During the Nanboku-chō period, Seki Munesuke and his son, Seki Munemasa fought for the Southern Court, and provided shelter for Southern Court general Kitabatake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decorated Kofun
is the term used for kofun or ancient Japanese tombs ornamented with Japanese painting, painted or Japanese sculpture, carved decoration. The tombs take the form of tumuli or earthen mounds piled over stone chambers as well as caves excavated from the living rock. The decoration may be on the inner walls, on stone screens, on sarcophagi or, in the case of cave tombs, around the entrance on the exterior. Of the 161,560 ancient burials identified to date, around two hundred and fifty are so decorated."Japanese terms: ; ; ; ; ; Motifs Decorative Motif (visual arts), motifs include the ''chokkomon'' (an X-shape forming triangular zones that intersect irregular curves), circles, concentric circles, triangles, human figures, horses, birds, boats, swords, shields, and quivers.Japanese terms: ; ; ; ; ; List of decorated kofun This list is of the decorated kofun of ancient Japan, all of which are located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka prefecture. See also * Kofun period * Takamatsuzu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitachinaka, Ibaraki
250px, Hitachinaka city hall is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 154,663 in 64,900 households and a population density of 1547 persons per km2. The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 26.1%. The total area of the city is . It is a " hiragana city", the place name is written with the ''hiragana'' syllabary, and not the traditional ''kanji''. Geography Hitachinaka is located slightly northeast of central Ibaraki Prefecture and east of the capital of Mito. It consists of a lowland area around the Naka River in the south and the Pacific coast in the east. Surrounding municipalities Ibaraki Prefecture *Tōkai * Naka * Mito * Ōarai Climate Hitachinaka has a Humid continental climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cold winters with light snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hitachinaka is 13.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1415 mm with September as the wettest month. The te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torazuka Kofun
270px, Signpost at Torazuka Kofun showing interior The is a Kofun period burial mound located in what is now the Nakane neighborhood of city of Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan. It received protection as a National Historic Site in 1974. Overview The Torazuka Kofun is located in a forested plateau at an elevation of about 20 meters, where several other ''kofun'' tumuli have been found. It was excavated by Meiji University in 1973, and was found to be a rare example of a decorated kofun. The tumulus is a medium-sized , which is shaped like a keyhole, having one square end and one circular end, when viewed from above, with a total length of 56.5 meters. The tumulus was once surrounded by a moat. Internally, the tumulus has a stone burial chamber made from large blocks of tuff that opens to the south side of the posterior circular portion, and which was found to be intact from ancient times. The chamber has a length of 2.8 meters, width of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūki, Ibaraki
270px, Yuki Information and Communication Center is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 50,282 in 19,353 households and a population density of 765 persons per km2. The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 30.8%. The total area of the town is . Yūki is famous for its production of , a traditional fabric production technique which is an Important Intangible Cultural Property, and the city has a rich religious history, with many older Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. Geography Yūki is located in far western Ibaraki Prefecture, bordered by Tochigi Prefecture to the north and west, and separated from the rest of Ibaraki Prefecture by the Kinugawa River. It is closely related to Tochigi Prefecture in terms of culture (such as dialects), economy, and transportation due to the close proximity to the city of Oyama. Surrounding municipalities Ibaraki Prefecture * Chikusei * Koga * Yachiyo Tochigi Prefecture * Oyama Cli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūki Temple Ruins
The is an archaeological site with the ruins of a large Buddhist temple located in the Yabata-Kamiyamakawa neighborhood of the city of Yūki, Ibaraki, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. The temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 2002. Overview The Yūki temple ruins site is located approximately 4.5 kilometers south of Yūki Station, to the east of the modern center of Yūki city. It is located on a river terrace on the west bank of the Kinugawa River, which is the northernmost tip of ancient Shimotsuke Province. The temple was erected in the early 700's in the early Nara period and was destroyed by fire in the 900's in the Heian period. It was rebuilt in the Kamakura period and survived until the middle of the Muromachi period. Archaeological excavations were conducted eight times from 1988 to 1995. The ruins of the central temple area contained the foundations of the ''Kondō'', the Pagoda, Middle Gate Lecture Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsukuba, Ibaraki
is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 244,528 in 108,669 households and a population density of 862 persons per km². The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 20.3%. The total area of the city is . It is known as the location of the , a planned science park developed in the 1960s. Geography Tsukuba is located in southern Ibaraki Prefecture, approximately 50 kilometers from central Tokyo and about 40 kilometers from Narita International Airport. Mount Tsukuba, from which the city takes its name is located in the northern part of the city. Except for the area around Mount Tsukuba, the city is a part of the Kantō Plain with an altitude of 20 to 30 meters. Mountains: Mount Tsukuba, Mount Hokyo. Rivers: Kokai River, Sakura River, Higashiyata River, Nishiyata River, Ono River, Hanamuro River, Inari River. Parks: The city has more of 100 parks and green areas to relax. Different parks are connected by pedestrian w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konda Kanga Ruins
The is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Nara to Heian period government administrative complex located in what is now the Kaneda and Higashioka neighborhoods of the city of Tsukuba in Ibaraki prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan. The site has been protected as a National Historic Site from 2004. Overview In the late Nara period, after the establishment of a centralized government under the ''Ritsuryō'' system, local rule over the provinces was standardized under a ''kokufu'' (provincial capital), and each province was divided into smaller administrative districts, known as (郡, gun, kōri), composed of 2–20 townships in 715 AD. Each of the units had an administrative complex, or built on a semi-standardized layout based on contemporary Chinese design. The Konda Kanga ruins are located on the edge of a plateau, approximately 15 kilometers south of Mount Tsukuba, overlooking the east side of the alluvial lowland in the Sakuragawa basin that extends fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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