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List Of Historic Sites Of Japan (Mie)
This list is of the Monuments of Japan, Historic Sites of Japan located within the Prefectures of Japan, Prefecture of Mie Prefecture, Mie. National Historic Sites As of 1 January 2021, thirty-nine Sites have been Cultural Properties of Japan, designated as being of national Values (heritage), significance (including one *List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments, Special Historic Site); Kumano Sanzan spans the prefectural borders with Wakayama Prefecture, Wakayama and Kumano Kodō, Kumano Sankeimichi spans the prefectural borders with both Wakayama and Nara Prefecture, Nara. , - Prefectural Historic Sites As of 1 May 2020, seventy-four Sites have been designated as being of prefectural importance. Municipal Historic Sites As of 1 May 2020, a further two hundred and twenty Sites have been designated as being of municipal importance. Registered Historic Sites As of 1 January 2021, ... [...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] |
Iga, Mie
is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 88,895 in 40,620 households and a population density of 160 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Iga is located in northwestern Mie Prefecture. The northeastern part of the city is in the Suzuka Mountains, and the northwestern part is in the Shigaraki Plateau. The southwestern of the city is the Yamato Highlands, and the southeastern portion is a basin surrounded by the Nunobiki Mountains. The area is very hilly. Since it is on the upper reaches of the Kizu River, which belongs to the Yodo River system, and borders on Shiga, Nara, and Kyoto prefectures, although Mie prefecture is classified as part of the Tōkai region, the Iga region, including Nabari city, is designated as part of the Kansai region. Neighboring municipalities Mie Prefecture * Kameyama * Tsu * Nabari Shiga Prefecture * Kōka Kyoto Prefecture * Minamiyamashiro Nara Prefecture * Nara * Yamazoe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nabari, Mie
is a city located in central Mie Prefecture, Japan, bordering on Nara Prefecture to the west. , the city had an estimated population of 77,022 in 34,658 households and a population density of 590 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Nabari is located in the hilly Iga region of northwestern Mie Prefecture. Neighboring municipalities Mie Prefecture * Tsu * Iga Nara Prefecture * Uda * Yamazoe * Soni Climate Nabari has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Nabari is 13.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1439 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 1.5 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Nabari grew rapidly from the 1950s, but has slightly decreased since the year 2000. History The area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natsumi Temple Ruins
The is an archaeological site with the ruins of an Asuka to Nara period Buddhist temple located in the Natsumi neighborhood of the city of Nabari, Mie Prefecture Japan. The temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1990. Overview The Natsumi temple ruins are located on the southern slope of Otokoyama hill on the right bank of the Nabari River in the southern part of the Iga region of Mie. Numerous roof tiles were found in the area in 1937. Archaeological excavations were carried out in 1946-1947 and in 1984-1986 (Showa 59-61), uncovering the foundations of a Kondō, Pagoda and a Lecture Hall. it was estimated that the Kondō was built around the end of the 7th century during the Hakuho period, and the pagoda and Lecture Hall were built around the first half of the 8th century during the Nara period, and were burnt down around the end of the 10th century during the Heian period. From the location of the ruins and from d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōzuka Kofun (Suzuka)
The is a Kofun period burial mound located in the Hachino-cho neighborhood of Suzuka, Mie Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1970. It is also known as the Overview The Ōzuka Kofun is located on the east bank of the Suzuka River and is then largest tumulus in the Nō Kofun Cluster. It is a , which is shaped like a keyhole, having one square end and one circular end, when viewed from above. The tumulus has a total length of 62 meters. From its shape, it is believed to have been built in the late Kofun period (early 6th century AD). The shield-shaped double moat surrounding the tumulus is almost completely preserved. The outer bank is about three meters wide and about one meter high. The tomb was opened in 1899 by local amateur explorers, and the grave goods, which included a number of iron swords, have been lost. An anthropomorphic ''haniwa'' has been recovered from moat. Despite the protected status of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ise Province
was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today includes most of modern Mie Prefecture. Ise bordered on Iga, Kii, Mino, Ōmi, Owari, Shima, and Yamato Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was . History The name of Ise appears in the earliest written records of Japan, and was the site of numerous religious and folkloric events connected with the Shinto religion and Yamato court. Ise province was one of the original provinces of Japan established in the Nara period under the Taihō Code, when the former princely state of Ise was divided into Ise, Iga and Shima. The original capital of the province was located in what is now the city of Suzuka, and was excavated by archaeologists in 1957. The site was proclaimed a national historic landmark in 1986. The remains of the Ise kokubunji have also been found within the boundaries of modern Suzuka. Under the ''Engishiki'' classification system, Ise was ranked as a "great country" () and a "close country" (). Two Shint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ise Kokubun-ji
The was a Buddhist temple in located in the Kokubunchō neighborhood of the city of Suzuka, Mie Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. It was the provincial temple ("kokubunji") of former Ise Province. Its location is now an archaeological site, which has been preserved as a National Historic Site since 1922. Overview The '' Shoku Nihongi'' records that in 741 AD, as the country recovered from a major smallpox epidemic, Emperor Shōmu ordered that a monastery and nunnery be established in every province, the . These temples were built to a semi-standardized template, and served both to spread Buddhist orthodoxy to the provinces, and to emphasize the power of the Nara period centralized government under the ''Ritsuryō'' system. The Ise Kokubun-ji is located on a fluvial terrace on the north bank of then Suzuka River in northern Mie Prefecture at an elevation of 43 meters. The site is located near the route of the Tōkaidō highway connecting the capital with the eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzuka, Mie
is a city in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 197,977 in 87,680 households and a population density of 1000 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Suzuka is in northeastern Mie Prefecture, in northern Kii Peninsula, bordered by Ise Bay to the east. Parts of the city are within the borders of the Ise-no-Umi Prefectural Natural Park and the Suzuka Quasi-National Park. Neighboring municipalities Mie Prefecture *Yokkaichi * Tsu * Kameyama Shiga Prefecture * Kōka Climate Suzuka has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Suzuka is 15.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1737 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.7 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Suzuka has inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ise Kokufu
The is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Nara to Heian period government administrative complex located in the Hirose neighborhood of the city of Suzuka, Mie Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. Identified as the ruins of the '' kokufu'' (provincial capital) of Ise Province, the site has been protected as a National Historic Site from 2002. 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. The ''kokufu'' complex contained the official residence and offices of the '' kokushi'', the official sent from the central government as provincial governor, along with buildings housing offices concerned with general administration, farming, finance, police and military. In the periphe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iga Province
was a province of Japan located in what is today part of western Mie Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Iga" in . Its abbreviated name was . Iga is classified as one of the provinces of the Tōkaidō. Under the '' Engishiki'' classification system, Iga was ranked as an "inferior country" ( ''gekoku'') and a "near country" ( ''kingoku''). Iga was bordered by Ise to the east and south, Ōmi to the north, Yamato to the west and south, and Yamashiro Province to the northwest. It roughly coincides with the modern municipalities of Iga and Nabari in Mie Prefecture. Surrounded by mountains, historically, Iga Province was rather inaccessible due to extremely poor road conditions. However, the area is now relatively easy to access from nearby Nara and Kyoto, as well as the larger cities of Osaka and Nagoya. History Asuka period Iga was separated from Ise Province during the Asuka period, around 680 AD. The provincial capital was located in what is now part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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