The Yuri Coast Seawall (由利海岸波除石垣, Yuri kaigan namiyoke ishigaki) is an Edo period (1600-1868) seawall against high waves, salt spray, and strong winds on the Sea of Japan coast in what is now part of the city of Nikaho, Akita. [1] Its remains were designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1997. [2]
Under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate, the coastal area of Dewa Province in what is now the city of Nikaho was part of the 20,000 koku holdings of Honjō Domain. The actual date of construction of a seawall in this location is not certain, but it is believed to be sometime in the 18th century. The wall is built of natural stones, with the large stones having a diameter of around 30 to 50 centimeters, and the spaces in between filled with crushed stones and gravel. The method is consistent with the construction method for Japanese castle walls during the 18th century (it may even have been constructed earlier) and there is evidence of a request for renovation in 1782. [3]
The height of the wall was from 1.2 to 3 meters (3 ft 11 in to 9 ft 10 in), and it incorporated a number of water gates. The structure is no longer continuous due to damage from storms, earthquakes and pilferage; four sections with a total length of 370 metres (1,210 ft) remain. [4] The seawall is approximately 10 minutes by car from Nikaho Station on the JR East Uetsu Main Line. [5]
Kagoshima Castle was an Edo period flatland-style Japanese castle located in the city of Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2023. Kagoshima Castle was listed as one of Japan's Top 100 Castles by the Japan Castle Foundation in 2006.). It is more popular known in Kagoshima as Tsurumaru Castle (鶴丸城)
Keitokuzan Chōhō-ji (慶徳山長保寺) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai school of Japanese Buddhism. Its main image is a statue of Shaka Nyorai. Its Hondō, Tahō-tō Pagoda and are Daimon National Treasures, and its daimyō cemetery is a National Historic Site.
The Kosegasawa Cave is an archaeological site consisting of a Jōmon period cave dwelling in what is now part of the town of Aga, Niigata Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The cave was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1982.
Tarui Ichirizuka (垂井一里塚) is a historic Japanese distance marker akin to a milestone, consisting of an earthen mounds located in what is now part of the town of Tarui, Gifu Prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan. It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1930.
The Tatsumi Canal is an 11 kilometer long canal built in the Edo period in the city of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Japan. A 8.7 kilometer portion of this canal was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2010.
Nobesawa silver mine was a silver mine, located in what is now part of the city of Obanazawa, Yamagata in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. It is now closed, and the site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1966.
The Azuma Kofun (吾妻古墳) is a Kofun period burial mound located on the border of the town of Mibu, Shimotsuga District, and the city of Tochigi in Tochigi Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan. It received protection as a National Historic Site in 1970.
The Hōtōzan Kofun (宝塔山古墳) is a Kofun period burial mound located in what is now the Sōja neighborhood of the city of Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1944. It is one of several kofun in the Sōja Kofun Group.
The Kobotoke Barrier was a checkpoint operated by the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo period Japan to control travel on the Kōshū Kaidō highway in what is now the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo in the Kantō region of Japan. It received protection as a National Historic Site in 1933.
The Takanawa Great Wooden Gate was a wooden gate and checkpoint established by the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo period Japan to control travel on the Tōkaidō highway and to mark the official entrance to then city of Edo, located in what is now Takanawa, Minato, Tokyo. The gate no longer exists, but the site received protection as a National Historic Site in 1928.
Jukyō-ji (樹敬寺) is a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple in the Shinmachi neighborhood of the city of Matsusaka, Japan. It is a subsidiary of Chion-in in Kyoto. It contains the grave of the Edo period kokugaku scholar Motoori Norinaga and his son Motoori Harunaga, which was collectively designated a National Historic Site in 1936.
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Fudō-ga-Iwaya Cave is an archaeological site consisting of a Jōmon period cave dwelling in the Nishiyama-gumi neighborhood of the town of Sakawa, Kōchi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1978.
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