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Ishibutai Kofun 石舞台古墳 Ishibutai kofun
Asuka
C7 kofun ; the largest stone weighs over seventy-five tons; Special Historic Site [6] [7]
34°28′01 ″N 135°49′34 ″E / 34.46686286°N 135.82612794°E / 34.46686286; 135.82612794 (Ishibutai Kofun )
Takamatsuzuka Tomb 高松塚古墳 Takamatsuzuka kofun
Asuka
Special Historic Site with National Treasure wall paintings (detached in 2007) and ICP grave goods[8] [9] [10] [11]
34°27′44 ″N 135°48′22 ″E / 34.46226847°N 135.80619935°E / 34.46226847; 135.80619935 (Takamatsuzuka Tomb )
Kitora Tomb キトラ古墳 Kitora kofun
Asuka
Special Historic Site with wall paintings of the four directions and an astronomical chart, also recently detached [11] [12]
34°27′04 ″N 135°48′19 ″E / 34.4510899°N 135.80516226°E / 34.4510899; 135.80516226 (Kitora Tomb )
Kawara-dera Site川原寺跡 Kawaradera ato
Asuka
Historic Site and temple complex with roof tiles that are "among the most beautiful ever made in Japan"[13] [14]
34°28′21 ″N 135°49′03 ″E / 34.47249006°N 135.81740826°E / 34.47249006; 135.81740826 (Kawara-dera Site )
Daikandai-ji Site大官大寺跡 Daikandaiji ato
Asuka
Historic Site and precursor to Daian-ji [14] [15]
34°29′18 ″N 135°49′05 ″E / 34.48844301°N 135.81818651°E / 34.48844301; 135.81818651 (Daikandai-ji Site )
Asagaotsuka Kofun 牽牛子塚古墳 Asagaotsuka kofun
Asuka
Historic Site with ICP grave goods[16] [17]
34°27′59 ″N 135°47′32 ″E / 34.46638486°N 135.79233279°E / 34.46638486; 135.79233279 (Asagaotsuka Kofun )
Nakaoyama Kofun 中尾山古墳 Nakaoyama kofun
Asuka
Historic Site [18]
34°27′51 ″N 135°48′22 ″E / 34.46422182°N 135.8059738°E / 34.46422182; 135.8059738 (Nakaoyama Kofun )
Sakafune Ishi Site酒船石遺跡 Sakafune-ishi iseki
Asuka
Historic Site [19]
34°28′32 ″N 135°49′24 ″E / 34.47555984°N 135.82345272°E / 34.47555984; 135.82345272 (Sakafune Ishi Site )
Jōrin-ji Site定林寺跡 Jōrinji ato
Asuka
Historic Site [20]
34°28′01 ″N 135°48′46 ″E / 34.46688944°N 135.81272012°E / 34.46688944; 135.81272012 (Jōrin-ji Site )
Asuka-dera Site飛鳥寺跡 Asukadera ato
Asuka
Historic Site [21]
34°28′43 ″N 135°49′14 ″E / 34.4784979°N 135.82058527°E / 34.4784979; 135.82058527 (Asuka-dera Site )
Tachibana-dera Precinct橘寺 境内Tachibanadera keidai
Asuka
Historic Site [22]
34°28′12 ″N 135°49′04 ″E / 34.47008648°N 135.81773828°E / 34.47008648; 135.81773828 (Tachibana-dera Precinct )
Iwayayama Kofun [ja ] 岩屋山古墳 Iwayayama kofun
Asuka
Historic Site [23]
34°27′57 ″N 135°47′51 ″E / 34.46571205°N 135.79763412°E / 34.46571205; 135.79763412 (Iwayayama Kofun )
Itabuki Palace Site伝飛鳥板蓋宮 跡 den Asuka Itabuki no miya ato
Asuka
Historic Site and one of the imperial palaces while the capital was at Asuka [24]
34°28′24 ″N 135°49′16 ″E / 34.47337281°N 135.82100944°E / 34.47337281; 135.82100944 (Itabuki Palace Site )
Asuka Mizuochi Site 飛鳥水落遺跡 Asuka Mizuochi iseki
Asuka
Historic Site [25]
34°28′49 ″N 135°49′06 ″E / 34.48035257°N 135.81829106°E / 34.48035257; 135.81829106 (Asuka Mizuochi Site )
Inabuchi Palace Site飛鳥稲淵宮殿跡 Asuka Inabuchi kyūden ato
Asuka
Historic Site [26]
34°27′47 ″N 135°49′20 ″E / 34.46299334°N 135.82229861°E / 34.46299334; 135.82229861 (Inabuchi Palace Site )
Marukoyama Kofun マルコ山古墳 Marukoyama kofun
Asuka
Historic Site [27]
34°27′39 ″N 135°47′26 ″E / 34.46096019°N 135.79068029°E / 34.46096019; 135.79068029 (Marukoyama Kofun )
Asuka Pond Workshop Site飛鳥池工房遺跡 Asuka-ike kōbō iseki
Asuka
Historic Site and government workshop, producing items of gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as lacquerware ; also a mint[28] [29]
34°28′38 ″N 135°49′21 ″E / 34.47728182°N 135.82244459°E / 34.47728182; 135.82244459 (Asuka Pond Workshop Site )
Hinokuma-dera Site檜隈寺 跡Hinokumadera ato
Asuka
Historic Site and recipient in 686 of a thirty-year maintenance grant of a hundred households, as chronicled in Nihon Shoki [30] [31] [32]
34°27′24 ″N 135°48′11 ″E / 34.456757°N 135.803116°E / 34.456757; 135.803116 (Hinokuma-dera Site )
Asuka Palace Ponds 飛鳥京跡苑池 Asuka-kyō ato enchi
Asuka
Historic Site and Place of Scenic Beauty , a pair of ponds in gardens extending 80 metres E-W and at least 230 metres N-S and related to the Itabuki Palace [33] [34]
34°28′30 ″N 135°49′07 ″E / 34.474987°N 135.818604°E / 34.474987; 135.818604 (Asuka Palace Ponds )
Oka-dera Site岡寺跡 Okadera ato
Asuka
Historic Site [35] [36]
34°28′18 ″N 135°49′41 ″E / 34.47165872°N 135.82804543°E / 34.47165872; 135.82804543 (Oka-dera Site )
Yamada-dera Site山田寺跡 Yamadadera ato
Sakurai
Special Historic Site with well-preserved ICP wooden corridors discovered in 1982[37] [38] [39]
34°29′03 ″N 135°49′48 ″E / 34.48404558°N 135.83012668°E / 34.48404558; 135.83012668 (Yamada-dera Site )
Fujiwara Palace Site藤原宮跡 Fujiwara-kyū seki
Kashihara
Special Historic Site and former capital [40]
34°30′08 ″N 135°48′26 ″E / 34.50222329°N 135.80732073°E / 34.50222329; 135.80732073 (Fujiwara Palace Site )
Moto Yakushi-ji Site本薬師寺 跡Moto Yakushiji ato
Kashihara
Special Historic Site and precursor to Yakushi-ji ; established by Emperor Temmu for the recovery of Empress Jitō [14] [41] [42]
34°29′34 ″N 135°48′00 ″E / 34.49266238°N 135.7999852°E / 34.49266238; 135.7999852 (Moto Yakushi-ji Site )
Ueyama Kofun 植山古墳 Ueyama kofun
Kashihara
Historic Site unearthed during studies to reroute the city's roads, comprising two rectangular burial mounds c.13m long with stone chambers in a hill measuring 40x27m; of different construction dates in late C6 and C7[43] [44]
34°28′35 ″N 135°48′14 ″E / 34.47635104°N 135.80402341°E / 34.47635104; 135.80402341 (Ueyama Kofun )
Maruyama Kofun 丸山古墳 Maruyama kofun
Kashihara
Historic Site investigated by William Gowland , a rectangular chamber with two sarcophagi, long corridor, and stone roof weighing in excess of a hundred tons[45] [46]
34°28′36 ″N 135°47′53 ″E / 34.47661917°N 135.79816017°E / 34.47661917; 135.79816017 (Maruyama Kofun )
Shōbuike Kofun 菖蒲池古墳 Shōbuike kofun
Kashihara
Historic Site and C7 rectangular tumulus with two sarcophagi[47] [48]
34°28′21 ″N 135°48′28 ″E / 34.47263012°N 135.80771678°E / 34.47263012; 135.80771678 (Shōbuike Kofun )
Fujiwara-kyō Suzaku Avenue Site藤原京朱雀大路跡 Fujiwara-kyō seki Suzaku-ōji ato
Kashihara
Historic Site (see also Suzakumon )[49]
34°29′46 ″N 135°48′27 ″E / 34.49613691°N 135.80745531°E / 34.49613691; 135.80745531 (Fujiwara-kyō Suzaku Avenue Site )
Yamato Sanzan 大和三山 Yamato sanzan
Kashihara
Place of Scenic Beauty and meisho celebrated in Japanese poetry [50]
34°30′54 ″N 135°48′20 ″E / 34.51488847°N 135.80560453°E / 34.51488847; 135.80560453 (Yamato Sanzan )