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List Of Historic Sites Of Japan (Saitama)
This list is of the Historic Sites of Japan located within the Prefecture of Saitama. National Historic Sites As of 28 December 2022, twenty-four Sites have been designated as being of national significance (including one * Special Historic Site). , - , align="center", Kamakura Kaidō Upper Route''Kamakura Kaidō kamitsu-michi'' , , Moroyama , , , , , , , , , , - , align="center", Sannōzuka Kofun''Sannōzuka kofun'' , , Kawagoe , , , , , , , , , , - , align="center", Minimamihiki Kiln Site''Minimamihiki kama ato'' , , Hatoyama , , , , , , , , , , - Prefectural Historic Sites As of 1 May 2022, one hundred and eighty-six Sites have been designated as being of prefectural importance. Municipal Historic Sites As of 1 May 2022, a further five hundred and eleven Sites have been designated as being of municipal importance. See also * Cultural Properties of Japan * Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore * List ... [...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] |
Kawagoe Clan
Kawagoe may refer to: Places * Kawagoe, Saitama, a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan * Kawagoe, Mie, a town in Mie Prefecture, Japan * Kawagoe Domain, a former domain of Japan Other uses * Kawagoe (surname) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogawa, Saitama
is a town in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 28,971 in 12,989 households and a population density of 480 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Ogawa is located in central Saitama Prefecture in the Ogawa basin and is surrounded by the Sotochichibu Mountains. Surrounding municipalities Saitama Prefecture * Ranzan * Tokigawa * Yorii * Higashichichibu Climate Ogawa has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ogawa is 14.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1746 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.3 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.0 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Ogawa peaked around the year 2000 and has declined since. History The village of Ogawa was created within Hiki District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shimozato-Aoyama Stele Production Site
The is an archaeological sites with the remnants of stone quarrying and production facilities for ''itabi'' stone stele from the Kamaura through Muromachi period, located in the town of Ogawa, Saitama in the Kantō region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2020. Overview ''Itabi'' his a form of stone pagoda shaped like a long, thin stone plank, often with a triangular top. The flat surface is divided into sections, on which are typically carved a single ''bonji'' character representing a Buddha or Bodhisattva and a verse or prayer corresponding to the worship of that deity. The monument typically has a date, and also the name of the person to whom it is dedicated, and sometimes the name or names of the person who dedicated the monument. The itabi was built mainly by ''samurai'' as either a memorial commemorating the dead, or a votive offering to pray for their own afterlife. These monuments began to appear in the 13th century and disappear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidaka, Saitama
is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 55,294 in 24,328 households and a population density of 1200 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Hidaka is located in south-central Saitama Prefecture. Surrounding municipalities Saitama Prefecture * Kawagoe * Sakado * Hannō * Tsurugashima * Sayama * Moroyama Climate Hidaka has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hidaka is 14.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1427 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.2 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.4 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Hidaka has remained relatively stable over the past 30 years. History The area of modern-day Hidaka was part of ancient Koma District, Musashi Provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komae Village Stone Age Dwelling Site
The is an archaeological site in the city of Hidaka, Saitama Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan containing a Jōmon period settlement ruin. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1951. Overview The Koma site is located at the foot of Mount Tonosu in the eastern Kantō Mountains, with an elevation of about 100 meters, overlooking the Koma River in the north. It was discovered in 1929 and was found to contain many fragments of Jōmon pottery, stone axes and other artifacts from the Jōmon period scattered on the surface, and subsequent archaeological excavation revealed the foundations of many pit dwellings, most with traces of a hearth in the center, and some overlapping, forming gourd shape. The state of preservation was considered to be extremely good. Further excavation surveys have been conducted with the development of Japan National Route 299 in 2008 and in 2011. During these excavations, the foundations of 11 pit dwellings from the middle Jōm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yayoi Period
The started at the beginning of the Neolithic in Japan, continued through the Bronze Age, and towards its end crossed into the Iron Age. Since the 1980s, scholars have argued that a period previously classified as a transition from the Jōmon period should be reclassified as Early Yayoi. The date of the beginning of this transition is controversial, with estimates ranging from the 10th to the 3rd centuries BC. The period is named after the Yayoi, Tokyo, neighbourhood of Tokyo where Archaeology, archaeologists first uncovered artifacts and features from that era in the late 19th century. Distinguishing characteristics of the Yayoi period include the appearance of new Yayoi pottery styles and the start of an intensive rice agriculture in paddy fields. A hierarchical social class structure dates from this period and has its origin in China. Techniques in metallurgy based on the use of bronze and iron were also introduced from China via Korea to Japan in this period. The Yayoi foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakō, Saitama
is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 84,161 in 42,434 households and a population density of 7600 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Wakō is located on the southern border of Saitama Prefecture, bordering Nerima Ward and Itabashi Ward in Tokyo. Topographically, it is located on the Musashino Terrace, with the Shirako River flowing along the border with Itabashi Ward, Tokyo on the east side of the city, and the Arakawa and Shingashi Rivers at the northern end of the city. Surrounding municipalities * Saitama Prefecture ** Asaka ** Toda * Tokyo Metropolis ** Itabashi ** Nerima Climate Wakō has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Wakō is 14.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1647 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gobōyama Site
The is an archaeological site with the ruins of a moated Yayoi period settlement located in the Niikura neighborhood of Wakō, Saitama in the Kantō region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2020. Overview The Gobōyama Site is located on the hill on the northern edge of the Musashino Terrace on the right bank of the Arakawa River at an elevation of 24 meters. The ruins extend over an area 250 meters from east-to-west by 200 meters north-to-south in the eastern part of the ruins, and 150 meters in the west, on the southern slope of an independent hill. On the site are remains from the Japanese Paleolithic period to the early modern period, but the main remains are from the middle to the latter half of the Yayoi period. According to legend, this was once the location of a palace of an exiled a prince from Silla, one of the ancient Korean kingdoms, as the "Shinpen Musashi Fudokisho" lists the site as "the ruins of the Silla royal residence". I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jōmon Period
The is the time in Japanese history, traditionally dated between 6,000–300 BCE, during which Japan was inhabited by a diverse hunter-gatherer and early agriculturalist population united through a common Jōmon culture, which reached a considerable degree of sedentism and cultural complexity. The name "cord-marked" was first applied by the American zoologist and orientalist Edward S. Morse, who discovered sherds of pottery in 1877 and subsequently translated it into Japanese as ''Jōmon''.Mason, 14 The pottery style characteristic of the first phases of Jōmon culture was decorated by impressing cords into the surface of wet clay and is generally accepted to be among the oldest in the world. The Jōmon period was rich in tools and jewelry made from bone, stone, shell and antler; pottery figurines and vessels; and lacquerware.Imamura, K. (1996) ''Prehistoric Japan: New Perspectives on Insular East Asia''. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press It is often compared to pre-C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasuda, Saitama
is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 61,540 in 27,461 households and a population density of 2300 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Located in east-central Saitama Prefecture, Hasuda is directly north of the prefectural capital of Saitama City. It consists of the Hasuda Plateau in the center of the city, which is part of the Omiya Plateau , the Shiraoka (Kurohama) Plateau in the east, with Motoara River in between, and the lowlands around the Ayase River that runs west and south. Surrounding municipalities Saitama Prefecture * Saitama * Okegawa * Ageo * Kuki * Shiraoka * Ina Climate Hasuda has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hasuda is 14.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1363 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in Augu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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