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List Of Historic Sites Of Japan (Toyama)
This list is of the Historic Sites of Japan located within the Prefecture of Toyama. National Historic Sites As of 1 August 2019, twenty-one Sites have been designated as being of national significance, including the Kaga Domain Maeda Clan Graves and Kaetsu border castle ruins, which span the prefectural borders with Ishikawa. , - Prefectural Historic Sites As of 1 May 2019, thirty Sites have been designated as being of prefectural importance. Municipal Historic Sites As of 1 May 2019, a further one hundred and eighty-five Sites have been designated as being of municipal importance. Registered Historic Sites As of 1 July 2019, one Monument has been registered (as opposed to designated) as an Historic Site at a national level. See also * Cultural Property (Japan) * Etchū Province was a province of Japan in the area that is today Toyama Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Etchū bordered on Noto and Kaga Provinces to the w ... [...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] |
Gokayama
is an area within the city of Nanto, Toyama, Nanto in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List due to its traditional ''gasshō-zukuri'' houses, alongside nearby Shirakawa, Gifu (village), Shirakawa-gō in Gifu Prefecture. The survival of this traditional architectural style is attributed to the region's secluded location in the upper reaches of the Shōgawa river. This is also the reason that Gokayama's lifestyle and culture remained very traditional for many years after the majority of the country had modernized. Many of the houses surpass 300 years in age. The Gokayama region includes the Municipal mergers and dissolutions in Japan, former villages of Taira, Toyama, Taira, Kamitaira, and Toga, Toyama, Toga. The ''gasshō'' hamlet of Ainokura is located in Taira, while that of Suganuma is in Kamitaira; both are nationally designated Monuments of Japan, Historic Sites. Ainokura , in the Gokayama region, was inscribed on the World Herit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamiichi, Toyama
270px, Panorama of Kamiichi is a town located in Nakaniikawa District, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 20,827 in 7958 households and a population density of 88 persons per km². The total area of the town was . Geography Kamiichi is located in east-central Toyama Prefecture, approximately 15 kilometers to the east of the capital of Toyama city. Most of the town is very mountainous, with peaks rising to almost 3000 meters in the southeast. The 2999 meter Mount Tsurugi is located in Kamiichi. Surrounding municipalities *Toyama Prefecture ** Toyama ** Namerikawa ** Uozu ** Kurobe Climate The town has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by hot summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kamiichi is 13.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2243 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.4 °C, and lowest in Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamiichi Kurokawa Sites
The is a group of archaeological sites in the town of Kamiichi, Toyama Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. It has been collectively protected as a National Historic Site since 1981. Outline The National Historic Site designation encompasses three discontinuous but related areas within Kamiichi at the foot of Mount Tateyama which contain the ruins of a Buddhist temple, a cemetery, and a sutra mound built from the end of the Heian period through the Kamakura period, which are noteworthy both for their size but also for the quality of excavated items. The sites are located about 15 minutes by car from Kamiichi Station on the Toyama Chiho Railway Main Line; however, there are no public facilities. Ennenjiyama Sutra Mound The is actually a cluster of 24 sutra mounds, making it the latest such cluster yet discovered in the Hokuriku region. The sutra containers include Suzu ware and ceramics imported from China during the early Kamakura period and also include a number of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asuka Period
The was a period in the history of Japan lasting from 538 to 710 (or 592 to 645), although its beginning could be said to overlap with the preceding Kofun period. The Yamato polity evolved greatly during the Asuka period, which is named after the Asuka region, about south of the modern city of Nara. The Asuka period is characterized by its significant artistic, social, and political transformations, having their origins in the late Kofun period. The introduction of Buddhism marked a change in Japanese society. The Asuka period is also distinguished by the change in the name of the country from to . Naming The term "Asuka period" was first used to describe a period in the history of Japanese fine-arts and architecture. It was proposed by fine-arts scholars and Okakura Kakuzō around 1900. Sekino dated the Asuka period as ending with the Taika Reform of 646. Okakura, however, saw it as ending with the transfer of the capital to the Heijō Palace of Nara. Although historians ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosugimaruyama Site
The is an archaeological site with the ruins of a late Asuka period pottery production site located in what is now the Aoidani neighborhood of the city of Imizu, Toyama Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. It has been protected as a National Historic Site since 1990. Overview The Kosugimaruyama Site located in the southwestern part of the Imizu Hills, in the western part of the Toyama Plain. It contains at least five kilns, workshops, clay mining ditches and at least 24 pit dwellings which were presumably the residences for workers. It was first excavated in 1982 in conjunction with plans to build an industrial park in the area. The kilns were used to produce Sue ware pottery and both cylindrical and flat roof tiles as evidenced by the large number of shards found in the area. It is estimated to date from the late 7th century. During the Asuka period, roof tiles were used mostly for Buddhist temples and major government buildings. The site is one of the earliest such loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takaoka, Toyama
is a city in the northwestern portion of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Takaoka has the second largest population after Toyama City. The area that is east of Kureha hill (呉羽丘陵 Kureha-kyuryo) has been called Goto (呉東), which means the east of Kureha and the area that is west of Kureha hill has been called Gosei (呉西), which means the west of Kureha. Toyama city is a center city of "Goto," meanwhile Takaoka city is a center of this "Gosei." , the city had an estimated population of 173,086 in 68,350 households and a population density of 819 persons per km2. Its total area was . Geography Takaoka covers an area which equates to roughly 5% of the surface area of Toyama Prefecture. The surface area of the city comprises 36.96 km2 of real estate, 61.02 km2 of agricultural land, 22.69 km2 of mountains and forests, 80.43 km2 of public property (parks etc.), 6.10 km2 of wasteland, and 2.18 km2 of moorland. The Takaoka region extends 19.2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakuradani Kofun
The is a group of ''kofun'' burial mounds located in the Ōta neighborhood of the city of Takaoka, Toyama in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Two of the tumuli were designated as a National Historic Site of Japan in 1934. Overview The Sakuradani Kofun Cluster of ''kofun'' is located on the margin of a hill at the base of Mount Futagami overlooking Toyama Bay in northwestern Toyama Prefecture. The site consisted of a () tumuli (No.1), which is shaped like a keyhole, having one square end and one circular end, when viewed from above and a scallop-shaped () tumuli (No.2) and ten or more smaller dome-shaped () tumuli. The first was discovered in 1918 when a tree was being planted at a local Shinto shrine, and nine more were discovered by 1924. Tombs No.1 and No.2 have not been surveyed internally in detail, but are presumed to date from the beginning of the fifth century in the late Kofun period. These two tombs were protected as a National Historic Site since 1934; however, the rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takase Site
The is an archaeological site in the Ishibotoke neighborhood of the city of Nanto, Toyama Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan containing the ruins of a ''shōen'' from the early Heian period. It has been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1981. It was the first ruin of a ''shōen'' to receive such status. Outline The ''shōen'' or landed estates were private, tax-free, and autonomous feudal manors which arose with the decline of the ''ritsuryō'' system. The earliest ''shōen'' developed in the Nara period to encourage land reclamation and provided for the succession of the right to cultivate reclaimed fields in perpetuity. Later ''shōen'' developed from land tracts assigned to officially sanctioned Shintō shrines or Buddhist temples or granted by the emperor as gifts to the Imperial relatives, nobles, or officials as tax-free grants. In either case, as these estates grew, they became independent of the civil administrative system and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imizu, Toyama
270px, Tonami-yotaka festival held in June is a city located in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 93,447 in 37,734 households and a population density of 850 persons per km². Its total area was . Geography Imizu is located in the Tonami plains of western Toyama Prefecture, with a coastline on the Sea of Japan to the north. Much of the area is a dispersed settlement typical of this region of Japan. Himi has a humid continental climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Imizu is 14.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2380 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.7 °C. Surrounding municipalities *Toyama Prefecture ** Toyama ** Takaoka ** Tonami Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Imizu has remained relatively stea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kushidashin Site
The is an archaeological site containing the remnants of a late Jōmon period settlement and encompassing two circular Kofun period kofun, burial mounds located in what is now the Daimon, Toyama, Daimon neighborhood of the city of Imizu, Toyama in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The site was designated a Monuments of Japan, National Historic Site of Japan in 1976. Overview The Kushidashin Site is located on a hill with an elevation of approximately 45 meters. An archaeological excavation, excavation survey was conducted in 1949, and middle and late period Jōmon pottery of a style unique to this site was excavated. The ruins included the foundations of a number of pit dwellings with stone-lined hearths. Also within the close proximity were two small dome-shaped ''kofun'' (円墳) from the much later Kofun period. Currently, it is maintained as an archaeological park. It is located about 20 minutes by car from Takaoka Station (Toyama), Takaoka Station on the JR West Hokuriku Main Line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōzuka-Senbōyama Sites
is a group of seven archaeological sites located in what is now part of the city of Toyama in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The sites consist of the ruins of a settlement which existed from the late Jōmon period through Kofun period, and several necropolis with numerous ''kofun'' burial mounds. The Ōzuka Kofun received protection as a National Historic Site in 1948 and the area under protection was expanded to cover the other six sites in 2005. Outline The site is located in central Toyama Prefecture, in an inland area some 12 kilometers from Toyama Bay on the Sea of Japan at an average elevation of 110 meters. The site is about ten minutes by car from Hayahoshi Station on the JR West Takayama Line. A total of seven areas are covered under the National Historic Site designation: 1. The (45,654 square meters) contains the ruins of a large Yayoi period settlement at an elevation of 35 to 52 meters, overlooking the Nei Plain to the east. Thus far, 25 pit dwellings have been disc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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