List of Historic Sites of Japan (Nara)

This list is of the Historic Sites of Japan located within the Prefecture of Nara.

National Historic Sites As of 17 June 2022, one hundred and twenty-seven Sites have been designated as being of national significance (including ten *Special Historic Sites); Ishinokarato Kofun and Narayama Tile Kiln Sites span the prefectural borders with Kyoto, Ōmine Okugakemichi those with Wakayama, and Kumano Sankeimichi those with both Wakayama and Mie. Many are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as component sites of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara, Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area or Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range; others have been proposed for future inscription as part of Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological sites of Japan’s Ancient Capitals and Related Properties.

Prefectural Historic Sites As of 1 May 2021, fifty-four Sites have been designated as being of prefectural importance.

Site Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref.Takidera Rock BuddhasTakidera no magaibutsu Nara for all refs see Pagoda Foresttō-no-mori Nara, Tenri Oyamide SiteOyamide iseki Nara Ishiuchi Castle SiteIshiuchi-jō ato Nara Sanryōbo Kofun ClusterSanryōbo kofun-gun Nara Kōriyama Castle SiteKōriyama-jō ato Yamatokōriyama Koizumi Ōtsuka KofunKoizumi Ōtsuka Kofun Yamatokōriyama Nishitanaka Tile KilnNishitanaka gayō Yamatokōriyama Nakayama Ōtsuka KofunNakayama Ōtsuka Kofun Tenri Shimoikeyama KofunShimoikeyama Kofun Tenri Kotani KofunKotani kofun Kashihara IwafuneIwafune Kashihara Masuda Pond EmbankmentMasuda-ike no tsutsumi tsuketari hikan Kashihara Monju-in Higashi KofunMonjuin higashi kofun Sakurai Tōnomine ChōishiTōnomine chōishi Sakurai thirty-one of the original fifty-two stone markers that lead from the first torii to the precinct of Tanzan Jinja; erected in 1654 Tanikubi KofunTanikubi kofun Sakurai Munesaka KofunMunesaka kofun (daiichi-gō fun) Sakurai Koshizuka KofunKoshizuka kofun Sakurai Ukita Mori Legendary SiteUkita Mori densetsu-chi Gojō Arasaka Kiln SiteArasaka kama ato Gojō Minamiada Ōtsukayama KofunMinamiada Ōtsukayama kofun Gojō Nekozuka KofunNekozuka kofun Gojō Gongendō KofunGongendō kofun Gose Shingūyama KofunShingūyama kofun Gose Mino no Okamaro TombMino no Okamaro no haka Ikoma Kubiko Kofun ClusterKubiko kofun-gun Katsuragi Takenouchi Kofun ClusterTakenouchi kofun-gun Katsuragi Shibazuka KofunShibazuka kofun Katsuragi Toritaniguchi KofunToritaniguchi kofun Katsuragi Hirabayashi KofunHirabayashi kofun Katsuragi Kamori HaijiKamori Haiji Katsuragi Tadazuka HaijiTadazuka Haiji Katsuragi Fuefuki Shrine KofunFuefuki Jinja Kofun Katsuragi Komagaeri Haiji and Tile Kiln SiteKomagaeri Haiji (den-Anrakuji) tsuketari kawara gama ato Uda Okunoshiba No.1 and No.2 KofunOkunoshiba ichi-gō fun・Okunoshiba ni-gō fun Uda Taniwaki KofunTaniwaki kofun Uda Iburi-Yakushi Rock BuddhasIburi-Yakushi no magaibutsu Uda Ōkawa SiteŌkawa iseki Yamazoe Nishinomiya KofunNishinomiya Kofun Heguri Miyayamazuka KofunMiyayamazuka Kofun Heguri Tsuboriyama KofunTsuboriyama Kofun Heguri Misato KofunMisato Kofun Heguri Heiryū-ji SiteHeiryūji ato Sangō Hotokezuka KofunHotokezuka Kofun Ikaruga Toyoura-dera SiteToyouradera ato Asuka Ki-dera SiteKidera ato Asuka Hatakeda KofunHatakeda kofun Ōji Daruma-ji Stone Pagoda SiteDarumaji sekitō mainōikō Ōji Yamato Tenjinyama KofunYamato Tenjinyama kofun Tenri Miyoshi Ishizuka KofunMiyoshi Ishizuka kofun Kōryō Okamine KofunOkamine kofun Shimoichi Ryūmon-ji Pagoda SiteRyūmonji tō ato Yoshino Ishigami Kofun and Ōiwa No.2 KofunIshigami kofun tsuketari Ōiwa ni-gō fun Ōyodo Saian-ji SiteSaianji ato Ōji

Municipal Historic Sites As of 1 May 2021, a further fifty-two Sites have been designated as being of municipal importance.

Site Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref.Furuichi TumulusFuruichi hōkeifun Nara Nogami KofunNogami kofun Nara Mizuki KofunMizuki kofun Nara Itsutsuzuka Kofun ClusterItsutsuzuka kofun-gun Nara Sugawara-higashi Site Haniwa Kiln SitesSugawara-higashi iseki haniwa kama ato gun Nara Minamitawara Rock BuddhasMinamitawara magaibutsu Nara Ōryū-ji Rock BuddhasŌryūji magaibutsu Nara Hōtoku-ji Yagyū Clan GravesHōtokuji Yagyū-ke bosho tsuketari tetsudō Oshō bosho Nara Wakatsuki Village and MoatWakatsuki kangō oyobi shūraku Yamatokōriyama Hieda Village and MoatHieda kangō oyobi shūraku Yamatokōriyama Toyotomi Hidenaga GraveDainagonzuka Yamatokōriyama Warizuka KofunWarizuka kofun Yamatokōriyama Utagasaki MausoleumUtagasaki-byō Yamatokōriyama Uenomiya SiteUenomiya iseki Sakurai Kabutozuka KofunKabutozuka kofun Sakurai Katahara No.1 TumulusKatahara ichi-gō fun Sakurai Kuroma KofunKuroma kofun Gojō Nishiyama KofunNishiyama kofun Gojō Bessho Shiroyama No. 1 and 2 TumuliBessho Shiroyama daiichi・ni-gō fun Kashiba Hirano No. 2 and 3 KilnsHirano daini・san-gō gama Kashiba Iburi-Yakushi Rock BuddhasIburi-Yakushi no magaibutsu Uda Ana-Yakushi Stone BuddhasAna-Yakushi no sekibutsu Uda Shimokasama Amida Rock BuddhasShimokasama no Amida magaibutsu Uda Iwao JinjaIwao Jinja Yamazoe Tenjinja GroundsTenjinja senkō no chi Yamazoe Tennō-no-Mori - Suijin-no-MoriTennō-no-mori・Suijin-no-mori Yamazoe Hiraiwa KofunHiraiwa kofun Yamazoe Yahashira Jinja PrecinctYahashira Jinja keidai Yamazoe Kenjōtsuka KofunKenjōtsuka kofun Heguri Kuritsuka KofunKuritsuka kofun Heguri Myōren GraveMyōren-no-haka Heguri in the grounds of Chōgosonshi-ji Shigisan Castle SiteShigisan-jō ato Heguri Tateno Castle HōkyōintōTateno-jō hōkyōintō Sangō Mimuroyama No.2 and No.3 KofunMimuroyama kofun ni・san-gō fun Sangō Tsuji no Kakiuchi No.1 and No.2 Tile KilnsTsuji no Kakiuchi kawaragama ichi-gō kama ni-gō kama Sangō Komazuka KofunKomazuka kofun Ikaruga Chōshimaru KofunChōshimaru kofun Ikaruga Minabuchi Shōan GraveMinabuchi Shōan sensei no haka Asuka in the grounds of Stepping Stones of Asuka RiverAsuka-gawa no tobiishi Asuka Abeyama Kofun ClusterAbeyama kofun-gun Kōryō Makigamine KofunMakigamine kofun Ōyodo Hokura KofunHokura kofun Ōyodo Yanagi CrossingYanagi watashi Ōyodo Nonokuma KofunNonokuma kofun Shimoichi Sainokami SteleSainokami sekihi Shimoichi Shōya-tsuji Road MarkerShōya-tsuji no michi shirube Shimoichi Taira no Koremori MoundTaira no Koremori tsuka Nosegawa Ōmine OkugakemichiŌmine kugakemichi Kamikitayama Sannokō Palace Site - Mausoleum SiteSannokō gosho ato oyobi byōsho Kawakami Ogura-no-Miya Mausoleum Site - Sumiyoshi ShrineOgura-no-miya byōsho Sumiyoshi-sha Kawakami Dogura Monumental InscriptionDogura-ō zōrin shōtoku kinen ganpeki hibun Kawakami Dogura Residence SiteDogura-ō yashiki ato Kawakami

List of Historic Sites of Japan (Nara)

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