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Description |
Theme |
Area |
Conservation Status |
Municipality |
Category |
Reference |
Geosite Name |
Geopoint Name |
Report |
National Park |
No. |
| 1703 tsunami memorial pagoda (Gyorenji Temple) |
This is a stone pagoda in the grounds of Gyorenji Temple in Tomata, Usami. It memorializes the victims of the Genroku Tsunami (22/11/1703). |
Disaster Memorial Monument |
Ito Area |
Important cultural property designated by City (historical material) |
Ito |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Gyorenji Temple |
Tsunami monument/Wave height marking stone |
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4029 |
| Mt. Hanare tunnels |
These comprise six chambers tunneled out of rock faces. |
Stone Quarry |
Ito Area |
Buried cultural properties (historical spot) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4071 |
| Stone quarry remains related to Edo Castle |
The remains of this quarry are known to be the production site of stone used in the wall of Edo Castle. Ito was a major producer of stone, and even now there are rocks with wedge holes in them and other cut marks that can be found. |
Stone Quarry |
Ito Area |
Important cultural property designated by City (historical landmark) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4014 |
| Oishigasawa |
The area between Oishigasawa tunnel and Ajiro is known as Oishigasawa. This is the area where stone material for the Shogun was hauled out from the mountains. It was an area full of good quality stone and provided a location for sea transportation of the stone. |
Stone Quarry |
Ito Area |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4019 |
| Stone quarries in northern Usami |
Era: Early-modern; Class: Stone quarry; Location: Usami; Main artifacts/relics: Cut marked stone |
Stone Quarry |
Ito Area |
Buried cultural properties (historical spot) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4088 |
| Stone quarries in central Usami |
Era: Early-modern; Class: Stone quarry; Location: Usami; Main artifacts/relics: Cut marked stone |
Stone Quarry |
Ito Area |
Buried cultural properties (historical spot) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4089 |
| Stone quarries in southern Usami |
Era: Early-modern; Class: Stone quarry; Location: Usami; Main artifacts/relics: Cut marked stone |
Stone Quarry |
Ito Area |
Buried cultural properties (historical spot) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4090 |
| Iruma’s monument tower to the Le Nil |
In 1874, Le Nil, a vessel operated by a French shipping company, ran aground and sank off the coast of Iruma. The villagers of Iruma collected the bodies of 31 people and gave them a respectful burial at Kaizoji Temple. Later, a memorial tower was erected here. The monument's Western-style headstones are striking. |
Historical Monument (Early Modern Era) |
Minamiizu Area |
National Park, Classification 2, special areas |
Minamiizu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Cape Mitsuishi |
Ejecta and dikes from underwater volcanoes |
Classification 1, special areas |
10010 |
| 33 Kannon statues |
Surrounded by a bamboo grove, these 33 statues are enshrined at midlevel on the right of the spacious grounds. The innermost of these natural stone figures is engraved with a sutra dedication to memorial towers for the 33 pilgrimage sites in the western part of the country (Saigoku), and there are two memorial towers engraved with Buddhist images, dated 1791.
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Belief |
Atami Area |
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Atami |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
Ajiro |
Tateiwa Coast |
Rock Group & Spatter |
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2042 |
| 33 stone Kannon statues of former Rigenji Temple |
A group of stone Buddhas located at the site of a stone-cutting workshop on the hill behind former Rigenji Temple were enshrined by local residents in the early 19th century to pray for safety in the town, prosperous business, and protection from bad luck. All of them are made of tuff and measure about 70 cm in size.
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Belief |
Simoda Area |
Important cultural property designated by City (tangible folk cultural assets) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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5027 |
| Akaishi Jizo |
This statue of Jizo Bosatsu, guardian deity of children and travellers, is housed in a small shrine on the banks of the Fushimi Kubo River. Long ago, when this area was the village of Fushimi, a travelling monk asked for overnight lodging in a private house. That night, the monk suddenly fell ill with the plague and began to suffer from back pain and diarrhea, and although the villagers took good care of him, he finally died a few days later. On his deathbed, the monk said: 'When I die, please bury me by this red stone. I swear to protect the villagers from the plague." Thus was his last will and testament. The villagers took pity on the monk and buried him in accordance with his wishes, and carved a Jizo statue out of red stone. At some point afterwards, a superstition arose that if stone from the Jizo statue was ground into powder and drunk, it would cure plague and diarrhea, and people continued to chip away at it, until at last it was reduced to a mere piece of stone. The villagers carved a new Jizo in 1825, and the stone block of the Akaishi Jizo was placed inside the pedestal. Even today, 23 July is a festival day here, when people make offerings to the statue and clean it. In this way, people's faith in Jizo has been passed down through the generations. |
Belief |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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Municipal homepage |
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15004 |
| Ansei tsunami (1854) |
The day after all the delegates parted with the promise of a second round of negotiations between Japan and Russia, around 10:00 a.m. on 4 November 1854, a massive earthquake and a huge tsunami hit Shimoda Bay out of the blue. This tsunami devastated the town of Shimoda. It is said that after the tide had receded to the point that the bay was empty, the Diana, which was anchored in the bay, was caught in the tsunami and spun around 42 times.
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Disaster Memorial Monument |
Simoda Area |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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5002 |
| Burial mounds at Yugawa Kindergarten |
Horizontal stone chambers |
Archeological Site |
Ito Area |
Buried cultural properties (historical spot) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4074 |
| Cave site where bricks were once made |
Pass through Nanadaru hot spring resort, turn left at Futaba Gakuen, and climb up the forest path. About 700 m up, you will find an information board on the right-hand side. Follow the path down to the right for about 100m and you will arrive at an old cave site where bricks were once made. Originally, pottery was manufactured here, but white soil from the mountains was used as a material for firebricks, and bricks came to be produced here. It is the oldest ceramics manufacturing site in Japan.According to one theory, bricks made here were also used in the Nirayama reverberatory furnace (Izunokuni City). |
Industrial Heritage |
Kawazu Higashiizu Area |
National Park, Classification 2, special areas, Important tangible cultural property designated by Town |
Kawazu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
Numano River |
East Numano River |
Lava flows and columnar joints of Numanokawa Minami Volcano |
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9031 |
| Daichuji Temple |
Daichuji Temple belongs to the Myoshinji Temple school of the Rinzai sect and is renowned for the plum trees in its garden. The front gate of this temple is a two-storey wooden, tiled, irimoya-zukuri (a hip-and-gable roof construction) gate with a bell tower on the upper level. Thus, it combines the forms of both a main temple gate and a bell tower. |
Belief |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
Nationally designated important cultural property (tangible) 100 Treasures of Numazu |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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1112 |
| Ebisujima Site |
This is a ritual site dating from the Late Kofun to Nara periods. A large number of tezukune earthenware and unglazed vessels were excavated from the summit of the island, and traces of a bonfire were also discovered. It is believed that people built a fire at the summit of the island to hold a festival for the gods who were thought to reside on islands in the sea. This is a typical example of a sea ritual representative of the Minamiizu area.
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Archeological site |
Simoda Area |
National Park, Classification 2, special areas, Important cultural property designated by City (historical landmark) |
Simoda |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
Suzaki |
Ebisujima Island |
Avalanches of debris and volcanic ash from an underwater volcano, ritual sites |
Classification 2, special areas |
5005 |
| Enoura Tunnel Tombs |
A type of burial mound on the southern slopes of Mt. Washizu. This group of tunnel tombs has been surveyed several times since 1947, but unfortunately no formal excavations have been carried out . In 1975, a formal distribution survey was carried out by the Municipal Board of Education, which confirmed the existence of 92 tunnel tombs and also revealed the presence of four circular burial mounds with corridor-style stone chambers above them. The existence of 24 such tunnel tombs has also been confirmed at Tabi, across the mountain ridge, as well as at Mt. Kanukiyama (Reizanji Tunnel Tombs), Uchiura (Mito Tunnel Tombs) and other locations in the city. Large-scale tunnel tombs can also be found in Kashiya in Kannami Town and Kitaema in Izunokuni City. |
Archeological site |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
Nationally designated important cultural property (historical landmark) |
Numazu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Kuchino |
Volcanic ash strata and veins on the seafloor and remains of a quarry |
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1023 |
| Fushimi ancient tombs |
Fushimi ancient tombs are located slightly east of the intersection of the National Highway 1 bypass and the JR Tokaido Main Line. The existence of these burial mounds has long been known among local farmers, and part of a stone chamber was exposed in the field. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, six mounds were surveyed on two occasions for road and gas works, and the results showed that they were all small circular mounds with corridor-style stone chambers dating from the end of the Kofun period. Those buried in these tombs are thought to have been local rulers. Currently, the stone chamber of only Burial Mound No. 4 has been preserved and can be seen.
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Archeological site |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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15003 |
| Futo Lookout for Fishing |
This building was built as a lookout for borafish, which are commonly caught in the fishing grounds off of Futo fishing port, and the lookout was used up until the 1950s. It was designated as a special area on 20/3/1995. |
Folk Culture (tangible) |
Ito Area |
National Park, Classification 3, special areas, Important cultural property designated by Prefecture (tangible folk cultural assets) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4051 |
| Gantsuki Tensho Goldmine |
The goldmines of Izu were mined extensively during the Tensho, Bunroku and Keicho eras in the Azuchi-Momoyama period. So, much so, that they were considered on a par with the goldmines of Sado. Other Izu mines include Yugashima, Nawaji, Shuzenji and Uryuno, but this Toi goldmine is the oldest. The tunnels extend 100m into the rock face, all cut out by hammer and chisel. And, where necessary, clever ideas were introduced to deal with air and water flow issues. The inner most point is 60m from the entrance. However, as ventilation technology was limited back then, a niche was carved into the rock for a fan-shaped shrine to be installed (the only such niche in a goldmine in Japan) and the mine closed out of devotion to the mountain gods.
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Industrial Heritage |
Nishiizu Area |
Important cultural property designated by City (historical landmark) |
Izu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
Toi Gold Mine |
Gantsuki Tensho Gold Mine |
Gold ore deposit, remains of mine |
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6103 |
| Ganyudo ferryboat |
Ferry boats, which were a familiar means of transportation for the common people, were once used on the Kanogawa River that runs through the city. The Ganyudo ferryboat, which operated near the mouth of the river until 1971, was discontinued after the completion of the Minato Bridge, but was revived in April 1997. The Ganyudo ferryboat adds colour to the Shionone Promenade, a path of literary exploration along the waterfront from Senbonhama Beach to Shige Beach. |
Industrial Heritage |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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Numazu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Ganyudo |
Old fishing village streetscapes, views from the Kanogawa River estuary and View-O, fragments of underwater volcanoes seen on the rocks |
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1044 |
| Hakugansan mural painting |
On the north side of the Sawada boat haven, in amongst some local inns, a section of a small hill has been carved out, and a mural of the principal Buddhist image Kinrin Buccho painted on the rock surface. The Buddhist image was line engraved, with Japanese ink applied to the engraved grooves, scarlet pigment used to color the circular halo, and the characters for Shiraiwayama carved into the upper half of the mural. There are also depictions of the guardian deity of children, Nyoirin Kannon (the Bodhisattva of Compassion), a standing Buddhist image dressed in clothing called “tsuken”, a seated Nyorai image and a standing image of Fudo Myoo the Buddhist deity. All of the images are drawn exquisitely, showing this work to be an outstanding piece of religious art. There are local folklore and legends about the age of the work and the name of the artist that link the work to the Kamakura period. And the technique used and other features seen in the mural undeniably suggest that the work could conceivably be from the Kamakura period.
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Archeological Site |
Nishiizu Area |
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Nishiizu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Kareno Park |
Seabed volcano’s lava flow, debris flow and load cast |
Normal spot |
12018 |
| Harabun Ancient tomb |
This is a Late Kofun period circular burial mound with one of the largest corridor-style stone chambers in the eastern part of the prefecture. It was moved to its current location and restored due to road construction. Grave goods found inside the stone chamber include a gilt bronze harness and an iron chape inlaid with silver.
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Archeological site |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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14014 |
| Hase Temple |
The foot of the mountain in the grounds of this temple is home to 33 Kannon stone figures lined up in rows on stepped platforms. They are almost of the same composition as the figures in Saigoku Kannon pilgrimage (in west Japan) undertaken in the Edo period.
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Belief |
Atami Area |
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History/Tradition |
Scholar hearing |
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2097 |
| Hase-Kannon-do Temple |
The Kannon figure here is said to be one of the three Gyoki Kannon figures (the others being at Hase-dera Temples in Yamato and Kamakura) carved from the same tree, which are referred to as “one tree, three Kannon images”. The Kannon here was initially enshrined in a cave on a sheer coastal cliff, but the founder of Zenshu-in Temple built a temple at this spot and enshrined the figure here.
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Belief |
Atami Area |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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2067 |
| Hatsuki Shrine |
Built in 1866, Hatsuki-Hime-no-Mikoto and two other deities are enshrined in this shrine, which in close connection to the Izusan Shrine, keeps alive the delightful myth of Princess Hatsuki. A festival is held here annually on the 17th and 18th of July, with the young islanders parading through the streets in devotion to the shrine.
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Belief |
Atami Area |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
Hatsushima Island |
Hatsushima Island |
Terrace terrain and seismic uplift |
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2066 |
| Hatsuki Shrine Kashima Odori festival |
Built in 1866, Hatsuki-Hime-no-Mikoto and two other deities are enshrined in this shrine, which in close connection to the Izusan Shrine, keeps alive the delightful myth of Princess Hatsuki. A festival is held here annually on the 17th and 18th of July, with the young islanders parading through the streets in devotion to the shrine.
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Intangible Heritage |
Atami Area |
Important cultural property designated by City (folk-cultural property) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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2069 |
| History of Atami’s spas |
Spas in Atami have a long history, and their description in the Izu Fudoki record of 713 is generally known by Japanese people. According to the record, before the descent from heaven of Amaterasu’s grandson Ninigi-no-Mikoto, the deity Oanamuchi-no-mikoto worried that the people of Akizu (Japan) would die young, so this deity gave the knowledge of medicinal hot springs to another deity, Sukunahikona-no-mikoto, making him the deity of hot springs in the land of Izu. Long ago, in Atami, there was not just hot springs but also a geyser that gushed forth regularly twice a day, daytime and nighttime. The locals channeled the hot water into tubs and bathed, whereupon their ailments were cured, which explains the therapeutic making of Oyu spa.
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Hot Spring and Culture |
Atami Area |
Important cultural property designated by City (historical landmark) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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2028 |
| Hitachiyama Site |
Ritual earthenware from the Heian period (794-1185) has been found at Hitachiyama, adjacent to Shirahama Shrine on the edge of the Shirahama coast. The annual Hitachisai Ceremony, in which a fire is built on the beach to invite the gods from islands in the sea, is held at Shirahamajinja Shrine every year. This is a valuable event in understanding the relationship between ancient ritual sites and the establishment of shrines.
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Belief |
Simoda Area |
National Park, Classification 2, special areas, Important cultural property designated by City (historical landmark) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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5018 |
| Hitachiyama Site |
A small hill called Hitachiyama exists in the grounds of Shirahama Shrine in Shimoda City. Small jar-shaped earthenware vessels from the Heian period have been found in this hillside area. During the annual Shirahama Shrine Festival, the Hitachisai Ceremony is held, in which a fire is lit on the beach and a Shinto priest offers a prayer to invite the gods from the islands out at seas. The Hitachisai Ceremony held at Shirahama Shrine today is an ancient and traditional form of ritual that conveys to the present how Shinto festivals were held in the past.
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Belief |
Simoda Area |
National Park, Classification 2, special areas Important cultural property designated by City (historical landmark) |
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History/Tradition |
Scholar hearing |
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5105 |
| Hiyoshi Shrine |
This shrine is dedicated to Oyamakui-mikoto, Sanjin and Sugawara no Michizane, which are enshrined at a slightly high point in the middle of Ikeshiro. Oyamakui-mikoto has been the deity of Hieizan from long ago, and is worshipped at Hiyoshi-jinja Shrine as the deity Sannou-gongen. Legend has it that worship started here to drive out evil spirits after a landslide in 1759 killed 49 people, which was followed by a plague that took lives.
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Belief |
Nishiizu Area |
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Matsuzaki |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
Ikeshiro, Chokuroyama Volcano |
Ikeshiro |
Seabed volcano eruption product, remains of manganese mine |
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11020 |
| Hougenji Temple |
This temple is one of the 88 spiritual locations of Izu. The Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage is well known, but since long ago there has been an 88 temple pilgrimage in Izu, with temples supposedly dotted along the main highways of the Izu Peninsula. A book of stamps (confirming temple donations) revealed this fact at Oein Temple (located in Yawatano, Ito City). And Hoganji Temple is one of the 88 pilgrimage sites.
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Belief |
Nishiizu Area |
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Nishiizu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Cape Ajomisaki |
Seabed scoria cone and pumice stone |
Normal spot |
12020 |
| Hokkezuka (lotus mound) |
This is one kind of sutra mound. When Saint Nichren was banished to Izu, his thoughts were with Kamakura and Awa province, so he copied the lotus sutra and buried it in this mound, as a prayer for public peace and the spread of Buddhism. |
Belief |
Ito Area |
National Park, Classification 3, special areas, Buried cultural properties (historical spot) |
Ito |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Oakland Villa |
Scoria layer on steep side of Omuroyama Volcano |
Classification 3, special areas |
4086 |
| Hosenji Temple, the temple where Admiral Yevfimiy Vasilyevich Putyatin stayed during his visit to Japan |
For 105 days, from 7 December 1854 to 22 March 1855, the Main Hall and Kuri (head priest's quarters) of Hosenji Temple were used as quarters for the Russian envoy Admiral Yevfimiy Vasilyevich Putyatin, His Imperial Highness Prince Aleksandr Sligate and senior officers, who had full use of these buildings. Putyatin stayed in the back room on the left side of the Main Hall, while His Imperial Highness Prince Sligate stayed in the back room on the right side of the Main Hall.
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Historical Monument (Early Modern Era) |
Osezaki & Heda Area |
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Numazu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Heda |
Geomorphic landscape of sandspits, lava flow and erosion landforms of Daru Volcano, and harbour town and Japanese spider crab fishing |
Normal area |
1161 |
| Inner shrine of Tenshokotai Shrine |
This inner shrine sits in the midst of shrine flora that was designated by the prefecture as an Important cultural property in 1967. A focus of interest is the munefuda, or wooden slat commemorating construction, placed on the ridge pole back in 1588, not only does it speak of the history of the shrine but also the state of affairs in medieval Ito
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Belief |
Ito Area |
Important cultural property designated by City (historical building) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4002 |
| Ita Sungo ancient tombs |
This cluster of 23 mounds was built on a hill ridge in the Late Kofun period. Some of them contain a combined type of box-shaped slab coffin in a corridor-style stone chamber, which is characteristic of the Late Kofun period tombs in the area surrounding Suruga Bay. The Ita area where the burial mounds are located was the political center of the township of Ita, Naka District, in ancient times, and the historical foundations of the area can be found in these burial mounds.
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Archeological Site |
Osezaki & Heda Area |
National Park, Classification 2, special areas, Important cultural property designated by Prefecture (historical landmark) |
Numazu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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North Ita |
Lava flows from Ita Volcano |
Normal area |
1011 |
| Ito clan gravesite |
There are many gravestone pagodas (stone gorinto and decoratively carved pagodas) dating from the end of the Heian period in Ito, but many of the ones here are thought to be gravestones of the Ito clan and are also thought to be gyakushu stones for holding memorial services prior to the death of the stones’ owners, which makes this gravesite an important cultural property that speaks of the city’s history.
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Mediaval Samurai Monument |
Ito Area |
Important cultural property designated by City (historical landmark) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4007 |
| The Dancer of Izu literature Monument |
Yugano hotspring is the setting of Izu no Odoriko (The Dancing Girl of Izu) by Yasunari Kawabata. Next to the Fukudaya, an inn associated with Kawabata, is the Izu no Odoriko Literature Monument, an enlarged and engraved copy of his own handwriting, and the atmospheric stone-paved Yuzaka Promenade runs from the Yugano bus stop to the literature monument. |
Literature |
Kawazu Higashiizu Area |
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Kawazu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
Nashimoto, Yugano |
Nashimoto |
Nashimoto limestone |
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9046 |
| Izusan Shrine |
This shrine is devoted to the three pillars of deities: Honomusuhi-no-Mikoto, Izanagi-no-Mikoto and Izanami-no-Mikoto. It is the origin of shrines, such as Izusan-jinja, Izu-jinja and Hashiriyu-jinja, that can be found nationwide.
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Belief |
Atami Area |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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2019 |
| Jichu & Kanakusabara |
Remains of production site, ironmaking furnace |
Industrial Heritage |
Ito Area |
Buried cultural properties (historical spot) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4070 |
| Jizo statue at the side of Shinmachi Bridge |
In the Edo period, villages united around a central guardian deity. And, statues, monuments and pagodas representing deities and jizo (guardian deity of children) were enshrined at village borders to distinguish the insides and outsides of villages – hence, the stonework that can be seen at this bridge ties into the beliefs that comes with those various types of religious doctrines. |
Belief |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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3022 |
| Jorinji Temple |
This is a Soto sect temple founded in 1573 by the monk Kian Torindai Osho. The holy Kanzeon Bodhisattva is enshrined in the temple as the principal image. The current temple was rebuilt immediately after the 1930 North Izu earthquake, and, along with the sanmon gate, it is extremely valuable as an example of wooden construction. |
Belief |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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History/Tradition |
Scholar hearing |
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3092 |
| Kannon Stone Buddhas |
A group of stone Buddhas exists around the summit of Mt. Kannon in Nashimoto. A monument near the stone Buddha group states that it was dedicated in 1736 to the thirty three temples on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage containing statues of Kannon, so it is thought to have been placed there in the middle of the Edo period. The stone Buddhas are carved from tuff stone, and are depicted with a variety of expressions. |
Belief |
Kawazu Higashiizu Area |
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Kawazu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
Mt. Kannon |
Mt. Kannon |
Groups of stone Buddhas carved in rock from underwater volcanic ash |
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9034 |
| Kashiya ancient graves |
This is a group of cave tombs dating to the Late Kofun period that dug horizontally into the slope of a hillside. The tombs have long been known as the "one hundred holes of Kashiwadani." It is estimated that the total number of tombs is no less than 300 in an area measuring 600 m east-west by 250 m north-south, making it the largest group of cave tombs in the prefecture. These tombs began to be created at the end of the 6th century, the earliest in northern Izu, and some tombs dating to the final stages (end of the 8th century) of activity at the site have been found to contain cremated bones. The area designated as a historic site is a relatively well-preserved part of the entire site, which is currently located at the far (northern) end of Kashiwadani Park. |
Archeological site |
Kannami Area |
Nationally designated important cultural property (historical landmark) |
Kannami |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
Kashiya |
Kashiya ancient graves |
Pyroclastic plateau of Mt. Hakone, a volcano and the remains of tunnel tombs carved into it |
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13016 |
| Kawana stone quarries |
These are andesite quarries. They include the remains of Takaishihara quarry, Maekoyama quarry, Ogiyama-nishi quarry and Komurokoshi quarry. |
Stone Quarry |
Ito Area |
National Park, Classification 3, special areas, Buried cultural properties (historical spot) |
Ito |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
Mt. Komuroyama |
Komuroyama Volcano |
This is a scoria cone with views of Ito highlands |
Classification 3, special areas |
4093 |
| Kawazu Saburo Rikiishi at Kawazu Hachiman Shrine |
In the precincts of Kawazu Hachiman Shrine in Yatsu, there are large rocks weighing between 60 and 270 kg, said to have been used by Kawazu Saburo, a powerful man, to test his strength. There is a statue of Kawazu Saburo Rikiishi testing his strength by lifting a rock by sculptor Goto Hakudo, a native of Kawazu, which is inscribed with the calligraphy of the famous sumo wrestler Yokozuna Futabayama. Saburo and the Soga brothers are worshipped at the shrine, and a children's sumo tournament is held on 14 and 15 November, the day of the grand festival, in honour of them. |
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Kawazu Higashiizu Area |
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Kawazu |
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Municipal homepage |
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Shobusawa coast |
Ore boulders |
Classification 2, special areas |
9025 |
| Kifune Shrine |
Kifune Shrine is situated at the far end of Kakita River Park. The shrine's deity, Takaokami-no-Kami, is the deity who presides over water. He is responsible for rainfall and stopping rain, and for storing the rain that falls in the ground and causing it to gush out in the right quantities. Water is the source of life for all things, and without water all living things cannot sustain life. He is the god of the water source that supplies important water that cannot be neglected even for a moment. History: This shrine’s deity, who presides over water, who was enshrined here after being ceremonially transferred from Kifune Shrine in Kurama, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City. However, the date of this event is not known, and there are no records that can shed light on the circumstances behind it. |
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Numazu & Mishima Area |
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15018 |
| Kinomiya Shrine |
Known from long ago as Kinomiya-Daimyojin, this shrine is where the Kinomiya is enshrined as the local deity of Atami, and this deity has long been believed in as a deity of fortune and good luck.
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Atami Area |
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| Kisoubou Sui Shrine (The Water Shrine in Kisoubou) |
The name of this shrine is said to have come from the establishment of the Okuji Temple by Zen master Goho, the founder of the famous Izu temple Saishoin. Kisobosui-jinja is an old shrine founded in 1673 for the worship of the goddess of water wells Mizuhanome. In 1996, the shrine’s guardian forest was recognized as one of the 50 forests that nurture Shizuoka water. A large amount of pure water gushes out from a spring under the stone wall in the grounds on the north side of the main shrine, and it is an important water source not only for drinking but also for rice and wasabl cultivation – thus, it is important to local livelihoods. The wasabi field near the spring belongs to the shrine, and profits from it are used to hold festivals. |
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South Nakaizu Area |
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6028 |
| Kitaema |
One of Izu's 33 Kannon stone Buddhas is located here. |
Belief |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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Numazu |
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Scholar hearing |
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Awashima Island |
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7079 |
| Kitaema ancient graves |
These are tunnel graves dug between the first half of the 7th century and mid-8th century. A stone coffer excavated from Okita graves is inscribed with the words “waka-toneri”, which has been designated important cultural property as a piece of writing from the early 8th century period. |
Archeological Site |
North Nakaizu Area |
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Izunokuni |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
Izunagaoka |
Minamiema |
Seismic motion striae |
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7012 |
| Kitagawa Kashima Shrine |
The devine Kashimai dance, an intangible cultural heritage of the town, is dedicated by members of the dance's preservation society on the shrine grounds and on a special stage on the beach on the same day. |
Intangible Heritage |
Kawazu Higashiizu Area |
National Park, Classification 2, special areas |
Higashiizu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Hokkawa Spa |
Engraved stones, geomorphic landscape of the Izu Highlands |
Classification 2, special areas |
8013 |
| Matsushiro Residence |
A building with a Western-style design (quasi-Western architecture), built in the early Meiji period by Matsushiro Hyosaku of Heda. The Matsushiro family had been in the shipping business for generations. It is currently open to the public around once a month. Plaster reliefs created by the famous artist Irie Chohachi are used throughout the building.
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Osezaki & Heda Area |
Nationally designated important cultural property |
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Municipal homepage |
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1164 |
| Memorial to Earthquake Victims |
On 4 November 1854, a major earthquake hit the Suruga region. At that time, approximately 2 ha of land in Minamikobayashi, Ooka Village, Sunto District, instantly caved in by about 6 m, burying all nine residential houses here. The site of the cave-in became a huge hole, and after several years, grass finally started to grow, and the villagers planted trees, which subsequently became a forest. In November 1903, 50 years after the great earthquake, a memorial to the victims of the earthquake was erected at this site. |
Disaster Memorial Monument |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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1084 |
| Michibu Shrine |
This shrine is devoted to the goddess Mizuhanome no Mikoto, who is the goddess of the village of Michibu. The goddess is enshrined in the shrine on the north side of the village, near the mouth of the Iwashinagawa River, with a mountain as a backdrop. Every year, on the 3rd of November, a purifying lion dance is held and a Noh performance given in the grounds of the shrine.
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Nishiizu Area |
National Park, Classification 1, special areas |
Matsuzaki |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Iwachitoge Pass |
Seabed volcano eruption product, the Iwachitoge Pass fault, pyroclastic dike |
Classification 2, special areas |
11018 |
| Mishima Taisha |
As the Prime Shrine of Izu region, this was built in the Gongen style of Shinto architecture. In the grounds, there is a 1200-year-old Osmanthus fragrans tree (designated as a natural treasure). Records here show that on the night of the annual festival Minamoto Yoritomo succeeded in conquering the administrative official Yamaki. And, there is a stone in the grounds that Yoritomo is believed to have sat on when he visited the shrine. |
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Numazu & Mishima Area |
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| Mitsuishi Shrine |
This shrine is devoted to the deity Princess Toyouke, who is also the guardian deity of Onakajima-cho. Long ago, there was a huge rock called “Mitsuishi” on the banks of Genbeigawa River, and a shrine was built on it for the worship of Inari (god of harvests). In time, this became Mitsuishi-jinja Shrine. According to old records from the late 18th century, a fire broke out in Shinjuku, a neighboring village, Onakajima-cho (currently Honmachi) and Mishima-shuku, burning much of them down, so the god of fire protection was also enshrined at this shrine. |
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Numazu & Mishima Area |
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3068 |
| Models of fishing boats dedicated to the Ose Shrine |
When shipowners built a new ship, they made a model and dedicated it when they visited the shrine to pray for safety at sea and a good catch. Since the shrine building was destroyed by fire in 1892, the existing models were all dedicated to the shrine after that time. They were designated as a Prefectural Cultural Property in October 1981 as a valuable resource for understanding the wooden boats of Suruga Bay and the beliefs of fishermen from the Meiji to Showa eras.
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Intangible Heritage |
Osezaki & Heda Area |
National Park, Classification 2, special areas, Important cultural property designated by Prefecture (tangible folk cultural assets) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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1028 |
| Monument commemorating breakwaters and the achievements of Imamura Denshiro Masanaga |
In the early Edo period, the town of Shimoda was directly affected by large waves, and its residents were frequently in danger of flooding. The second Shimoda magistrate, Imamura Denshiro Masanaga, invested his private funds in the construction of breakwaters to protect the towns people from this danger, which were completed in 1645. This monument was erected in the same year by three feudal lords to commemorate the history of the breakwaters and the achievements of Imamura in building them.
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Disaster Memorial Monument |
Simoda Area |
Important cultural property designated by City (historical landmark) |
Simoda |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Kakisaki Bentenjima Island |
Oblique stratigraphy, fossils of trails, wave-cut platforms, history of Shimoda |
Normal area |
5074 |
| Monument commemorating the arrival of Commodore Perry’s fleet |
A bust of Commodore Perry and an anchor donated by the U.S. Navy are on display at Perry Landing Park overlooking Shimoda Port.
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Historical Monument (Early Modern Era) |
Simoda Area |
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Municipal homepage |
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5078 |
| Mt. Hanare |
There were 14 quarrying daimyos in Ito, quarrying in 55 quarries. So far, 950 stone surfaces showing cut marks have been found, and Mt. Hanareyama is one of those locales, with remains of a quarry near the top of a mountain.
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Stone Quarry |
Ito Area |
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Municipal homepage |
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| Mt. Kannon |
This mountain was known in ancient times as Sutra Mountain. Here, there is a group of thirty three Kannon stone Buddhas gathered in two places on a rocky outcrop near the summit of the mountain. Although they were transferred from the main images of the thirty three temples on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage containing statues of Kannon, they differ in composition from the main images of the sacred sites on this pilgrimage, indicating that the sculptors were not interested in accurately reproducing the individual images of the main images. |
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Kawazu Higashiizu Area |
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Kawazu |
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Scholar hearing |
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West Mt. Kannonyama |
Lava flows from Ohira Volcano |
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9061 |
| Mt. Kasuga |
There used to be a temple in this area called Rigenji Temple, but it was bombed and burned down during World War II. There was a stone-cutting workshop in the area around Mt. Kasuga during the Edo period, and a group of stone Kannon statues are enshrined throughout the rock caves from which the stones were quarried and the mountain paths that connect them. These are some of the 33 stone statues of Kannon in Izu.
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Simoda Area |
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5098 |
| Mt. Kumano |
Stone Buddhas dot this mountain which rises up behind Jojuin Temple. It is obvious the work must have taken considerable time to complete. This site is one of the 33 Kannon stone Buddha sites of Izu. |
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South Nakaizu Area |
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Izu |
History/Tradition |
Scholar hearing |
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Seko Waterfalls |
Seabed volcano and dike |
Classification 2, special areas |
6117 |
| Myoryuji Temple sutra mound |
Sutra mound (one stone with one letter monument)
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Ito Area |
Buried cultural properties (historical spot) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4078 |
| Nagatsuka ancient tomb |
This 54 m long (with a ditch surrounding the tomb with a diameter 75 m) keyhole-shaped burial mound is preserved on a hillside at the foot of Mt. Ashitaka. Even today, the top of the burial mound offers a panoramic view of Suruga Bay. It is thought to have been constructed in the first half of the 6th century (beginning of the Late Kofun period) as the tomb of the chief who ruled the foot of Mt. Ashitaka and the surrounding area, based on the row of haniwa (clay figurines) on the top of the rear part of the tomb and the offerings of earthenware excavated from a ritual site in the southern perimeter of the ditch. In 1956, a number of fragments of stone slabs were found, and it is estimated that a combined type of box-shaped slab coffin was buried here. As a keyhole-shaped burial mound from this period, it is a valuable site that represents the eastern part of the prefecture. |
Archeological site |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
Important treasure designated by Prefecture (historical landmark) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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| Namako walls |
Namako walls and Izu stone houses remain in various parts of the city. Walking from alley to alley, one can encounter the unique scenery of Shimoda, and some stores have been remodeled inside while retaining their original appearance.
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Folk Culture (Tangible) |
Simoda Area |
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Municipal homepage |
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5062 |
| Nekosai no Hi (Fixed-net fishing day) |
A simple local event where freshly caught fish is served after prayers are offered for the safety of fishermen. Participants celebrate a big catch and offer their thanks to the sea. A charcoal fire is lit in the harbour square, where the fish are grilled. Held every Sunday in April, May and September "Nekosai" means "fixed net" in the local dialect and also has the nuance of building something. |
Intangible Heritage |
Kawazu Higashiizu Area |
National Park, Classification 2, special areas |
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8026 |
| Nenokami ancient tomb |
This keyhole-shaped burial mound has a total length of 48 m, measuring 27 m in diameter and 4 m in height on the rear circular portion of the tomb, and 14 m in width and 2 m in height on the front square portion. One of the city's three surviving keyhole-shaped burial mounds, with Nenokami Shrine located on the front square portion and robber trenches that have been cut into the rear circular portion, the form of the mound is considerably damaged. It is estimated to date to the first half of the 6th century, at the beginning of the Late Kofun period. |
Archeological site |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
Important cultural property designated by City (historical landmark), Ancient tomb |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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1143 |
| Numazu Ablution Festival of Yanagihara Shrine |
Yanagihara Shrine is recorded in the Engishiki Jinmyocho, an ancient book of laws and customs, and is known as one of only five Myojin Taisha shrines in Izu Province. Since ancient times, this shrine is reputed to have remarkable spiritual powers. The deity is Oyamatsuminomikoto, god of the mountains. Together with its sister shrine, Oasa Shrine, it holds Shinto rituals, such as the Numazu Ablution Festival, held in the depths of winter. |
Intangible Heritage |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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Numazu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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West Ushibuseyama |
Undersea lava dome of rhyolite found on a coastal cliffs |
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1187 |
| Ongokujima Site |
Ongokujima is a small island adjacent to the coastal area at the edge of Nichohama Beach, west of the Toji area. Excavations were carried out in 1917 and a large number of earthenware vessels from the Nara period were discovered on the top of the summit of this island. The earthenware found was everyday household utensils, but the site is thought to have been an ancient ritual site dedicated to the gods of the sea and sea islands, given that it is located on a steep island peak in a remote area.
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Simoda Area |
National Park, Classification 2, special areas Important cultural property designated by City (historical landmark) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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5010 |
| Ongokujima Site |
On the western edge of the village of Toji, Shimoda City, a small island called Ongokujima exists in a corner of the coast where the cliffs extend along the sea. It is thought to have once been connected to land, but is now a steep island bordering the cliffs. A large number of earthenware and unglazed vessels have been found on this narrow island. These earthenware vessels are thought to have been supplied during Shinto ceremonies. The area has a coastal topography with continuous cliffs, and was probably once an important site for rituals, with a view of islands in the distance.
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Simoda Area |
National Park, Classification 2, special areas Important cultural property designated by City (historical landmark) |
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History/Tradition |
Scholar hearing |
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| Ose Mairi |
Every year on 4 April is the annual festival of Ose Shrine, a shrine that is the sole focus of devotion of the fishermen of Suruga Bay. Dancing boats carrying young men dressed in women's clothing from each district set sail for the shrine. They dance a lively dance, and when they arrive at the wharf, they throw bales of rice from the boat into the sea. Young men swim to pick them up and pay their respects at the shrine to pray for a big catch of fish and their safety while out at sea.
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Osezaki & Heda Area |
National Park, Classification 2, special areas |
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Municipal homepage |
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| Ose Shrine |
Ose Shrine, a symbol of the faith of the fishermen of Suruga Bay, is known as a guardian deity of the sea. Many ema (votive picture tablets) and models of fishing boats drawn by fishermen have been dedicated to the shrine since ancient times, and are historically valuable, being designated as Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties by the prefecture. The votive picture tablets dedicated to Ose Shrine are also valuable for understanding the lifestyle of the fishermen of Suruga Bay. Even today, they vividly depict the way things were in days gone by. The shrine was selected as one of the 100 Historical and Cultural Properties of Fishing Villages to be Preserved for the Future by the Fisheries Agency.
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Osezaki & Heda Area |
National Park, Classification 2, special areas |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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| Perry Road |
This is the road where Commodore Perry and his party, who arrived by black ships at the end of the Edo period, marched to Ryosenji Temple to sign the Treaty of Shimoda, an appendix to the Convention of Kanagawa. It retains the atmosphere of the hanamachi (district where geisha live and work in Shimoda), a port town once said to have 3,000 incoming and outgoing ships. The stone-paved path along the Hiranamegawa River, the rows of houses with Izu stones and namako walls, and the rows of willow trees give the area a unique atmosphere. In addition to Ryosenji Temple, Chorakuji Temple, site of the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Japan and Russia, and Shimoda Park are also located in this district, and many characteristic stores make it a representative tourist spot in Shimoda. This road received the Grand Prize of the 7th (FY1994) Shizuoka Prefecture Urban Landscape Award.
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Simoda Area |
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Historical Monument(Early Modern Era) |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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5079 |
| Quarries at Futo |
The remaining stone here is andesite. And there is remaining stone along the Nebara coastline. |
Stone Quarry |
Ito Area |
National Park, Classification 3, special areas, Buried cultural properties (historical spot) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4098 |
| Rakujuen Park |
With lava and groundwater from Mt. Fuji and a natural forest growing over them, this park is truly a famous scenic spot in the Tokai region. From 1890, it was the site of Prince Komatsu’s holiday home, with the Rakujuen villa and Ikezumi strolling garden built for him. The site became a municipal park in 1952. |
Historical Monument (Early Modern Era) |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
Nationally designated important cultural property (natural/scenic spot) |
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Municipal homepage |
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3087 |
| 1703 tsunami memorial pagoda (Butsugenji Temple) |
There are two memorial pagodas enshrined at this temple. Originally, one belonged to another place, but it was enshrined at this temple due to construction work. The other commemorates the victims of the tsunami that hit at the time of the Great Kanto Earthquake (1923).
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Disaster Memorial Monument |
Ito Area |
Important cultural property designated by City (historical material) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4030 |
| Reizanji Tunnel Tombs |
These tunnel tombs are thought to date to around the 7th century. About ten of these tombs have been discovered here, but most have been blocked up and now only two or three are visible. |
Archeological site |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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Numazu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Mt. Kanukiyama Trail |
Ejecta from underwater volcanoes |
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1014 |
| Remains of stone quarry |
These are the remains of a stone quarry that supplied stone for the renovation of Edo Castle. Big rocks were notched with slots, and wooden or iron wedges driven into them to split them open. And the remaining notched rocks give a sense of how the task was carried out.
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Stone Quarry |
Atami Area |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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2051 |
| Remains of stone quarry |
The stone slabs cut at these remains were used for repairs on Edo Castle.
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Stone Quarry |
Nishiizu Area |
National Park, Classification 2, special areas |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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11037 |
| Remains of Tokugawa Shogunate gun battery |
The remains here are of a gun battery put in place at the west gate by the Mizuno clan of the Numazu Domain in readiness to prevent an attack by the black ships of the Perry expedition during the Tokugawa shogunate. The area is now covered in a forest sprinkled with Pittosporum tobira and Daphniphyllum teijsmannii. |
Industrial Heritage |
Ito Area |
National Park, Classification 1, special areas |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4046 |
| Ryokan (inn) Inaba |
This wooden three-storey inn was built in the 1920s. Together with the adjacent Tokaikan spa, it is a reminder of the hot spring boom in Ito in the 1920s and 30s. It is part of the Matsukawa River landscape that was chosen as one of the top 50 townscapes in Shizuoka prefecture in 1988.
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Hot Springs and Culture |
Ito Area |
Registered tangible cultural property (historical building) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4068 |
| Sakuradai historical spots |
Remains consist of dwellings, earthenware pots and stone collecting clay pots. There are seven dwellings, and six of them are arranged in a U-shape. These six dwellings were probably built at the same time as they revealed pieces of earthenware from the early Jomon period. The other separate dwelling revealed earthenware from the beginning of the middle Jomon period, so its construction date is believed to be different to the other six. At the time of discovery, excavations of settlements from the early Jomon period were rare, so this find was extremely important as the oldest evidence available. Some 2km northeast of the Sakuradai ruins is the Ikenomoto historical site, where the excavated dwelling remains show no sign of postholes or hearths, which means the site is slightly older than the Sakuradai one. |
Archeological Site |
North Nakaizu Area |
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Izu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Uryuno |
Remains of gold mine at Ohito |
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6112 |
| Sanbaso, an ancient ritual folk dance |
Sanbaso, an ancient ritual folk dance dedicated to the gods, used to be performed in various places as a typical folk performing art of Izu, but the number of such performances has been drastically reduced. In Shimoda City, the Sambaso is now only performed at Shirahama Shrine. At Shirahamajinja Shrine, it has been performed at the autumn festival in October for about 300 years, throughout which time it has been handed down by the local young people.
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Intangible Heritage |
Simoda Area |
National Park, Classification 2, special areas, Important cultural property designated by City (intangible folk cultural assets) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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5031 |
| Seismic motion striae |
The size of the seismic motion in the north Izu earthquake of 1930 is visible as scarring. |
Disaster Memorial Monument |
North Nakaizu Area |
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Izunokuni |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Kitaema |
Kitaema ancient graves, ocean bed volcanic ash layer, volcanic neck and columnar joints |
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7018 |
| Senda Site |
An ancient ritual site dating to sometime between the 5th and 6th centuries, located on a small hill in Kisami. Excavations were carried out here twice, once in 1937 and again in 1938, and a large number of stone and clay ritual objects were discovered on the hill, such as magatama beads, round beads, mirrors and swords. This is a sacred mountain where a deity has been enshrined, as typified by Mt. Mikura on the opposite bank of the Ogamogawa River and Mt. Miwa in Yamato. As such, it is a ritual site that tells of the relationship between Yamato and Izu in ancient times.
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Belief |
Simoda Area |
Important cultural property designated by City (historical landmark) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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5048 |
| Shimizu Yanagikita ancient tomb Mound No. 1 |
A reconstructed mounded tomb with a dome-shaped knoll on a square base discovered in an ironworks complex in Ashitaka Onoue. This tomb is estimated to date to the Nara period (early 8th century), and the burial of a box-shaped funerary urn made of stone (a receptacle for bones only) suggests that the deceased was cremated. |
Archeological site |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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1086 |
| Shimoda Castle Site |
The castle, a naval stronghold of the Later Hojo clan, was built in 1588 in preparation for Hideyoshi's attack on Odawara. The central part of the castle, called the Tenshudai (base of keep), and the empty moat are well preserved. In early March of 1590, the castle was attacked by the naval forces of the Toyotomi clan with a total force of over 10,000 men, including Wakisaka Yasuharu and Chosokabe Motochika, and the commander of the castle, Shimizu Yasuhide, held the castle for 50 days without opening it.
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Mediaval Samurai Monument |
Simoda Area |
National Park, Classification 2, special areas, Important cultural property designated by City (historical landmark) |
Mediaval Samurai Monument |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Shimoda Port |
Views of Mt. Shimodafuji and Mt. Nesugatayama, views of the Suzaki Peninsula, the history of Shimoda |
Classification 2, special areas |
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| Shirahama Shrine |
Shirahama Shrine is the oldest shrine in Izu, and its main deity is the god of marriage and child bearing. The shrine grounds are surrounded by a forest of Chinese parasol trees (a Natural Treasure), and there is a worship hall made entirely of zelkova, and in the forest a main shrine building made entirely of Hinoki cypress.
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Belief |
Simoda Area |
National Park, Classification 2, special areas |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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5039 |
| Shishihama Castle |
Shishihama Castle was built on a hillside where Mt. Washizu juts out significantly to the west into Suruga Bay. The castle is said to have been located within the precincts of Honnoji Temple, with the steep cliffs of Mt. Washizu to the east, a fort to the north, and an outer citadel to the south, making it strongly fortified on three sides. It is believed to have been a strategic location for the Odawara Hojo clan, both as a defensive position on the sea and as a land base. |
Mediaval Samurai Monument |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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Numazu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Tabi |
Volcanic ash and pumice strata and cross-bedding on the seafloor |
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| Site of former bazaar |
The Treaty of Shimoda was concluded after the opening of Shimoda Port through the Convention of Kanagawa, but the Shogunate refused to trade, allowing only the supply of scarce goods such as firewood, charcoal, water, and food necessary for navigation. However, due to the ambiguous terms of the treaty, in fact substantial trade was conducted under the name of scarce goods. This bazaar was originally an extension of the Urakata Goyoio station, but after the Ansei Tokai Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, a new station was constructed in Doshin Town.
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Historical Monument (Early Modern Era) |
Simoda Area |
Important cultural property designated by City (historical landmark) |
Simoda |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Urban area of Shimoda City |
Stone walls of underwater volcanic ash, history of tsunami disasters |
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| Site of Higashi Kumando Fortress |
This fortress utilises the terminus of a hill at the southern foot of Mt. Ashitaka, with low hills to the east, west, and south, and a series of ridges to the north. Today, the castle is no longer in its original state due to the Shinkansen bullet train passing through the center of the castle and the conversion of most of the castle area into residential land. When the Later Hojo clan attacked Nagakubo Castle in 1545, Imagawa Yoshimoto set up a camp here, which was later defended by Sawada Nagato Tadayori. |
Mediaval Samurai Monument |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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1153 |
| Site of Izumigashira Castle |
The site of Izumigashira Castle is built on a natural cave created by erosion by spring water from the Kakita River over a long period of time, with the castle walls consisting of an enclosure with wooden fences around the flat areas in some places. It is unknown when or by whom the castle was built, but it is said to have been constructed by the Hojo clan around the middle of the 16th century as a castle against the Imagawa and Takeda clans. |
Archeological site |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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| Site of Motono Pasture |
In ancient times, a pasture called Okanomamaki was located in Suruga Province, and wild horses had inhabited Mt. Ashitaka since ancient times. The Edo shogunate began to take notice of the wild horses on Mt. Ashitaka from the early 18th century onward. In 1796, Iwamoto Masanori, a wild horse farmer, overcame local opposition to the establishment of the pasture for fear of divine punishment, and in 1797, three pastures were established: Motono, Onoue, and Kasumino. Fifty years later, in 1846, Onoue New Pasture was established to handle the increase in the number of horses in the Onuoe Pasture. Motono Pasture was established in Yanagisawa Village, Sunto District, and was bordered on the east by the Obifurizawa (Nishigawa) and on the west by the Osawagawa River, which bordered on Kasumino Pasture. |
Industrial Heritage |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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1179 |
| Site of Tokura Castle |
Tokura Castle was built centering on the 76.2 m high Mount Honjo, located where the Kano River makes a major detour. It is said to have been built by Hojo Ujitsuna in the Sengoku period as a defence against the Imagawa clan, but this is not known for certain. It was not the kind of castle that had a magnificent keep, but was a war castle consisting of such features as a wooden fenced circle, a watchtower and a moat, all of which were built to make good use of the site's mountain ridge topography. |
Mediaval Samurai Monument |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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15011 |
| Site of the New Castle of Ohira |
The ruins of the castle are located on a low hill between Ohira and Himori in Kannami Town, with the Kano River running along the north, east and south sides and a series of ridges on the west side, forming a natural defensive position. The castle was built on the hill behind Enkyoji Temple, with the main enclosure, outer citadel and outer compound built at various points on the ridge, and an earthen mound to the south of the main enclosure. The outer compound, located behind Enkyoji Temple, is almost trapezoidal in shape and has a compound bounded by earthen walls. Following the southern direction of the ridge, one can reach Shishihama Castle via Mt. Ohira and Mt. Washizu, and the two castles are thought to have been in close contact with each other. |
Mediaval Samurai Monument |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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Numazu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
Ohira |
Flood bank of Kanogawa River |
River improvement sites, landscapes of the Ohira area and the Chronicles of Ohira, topographic landscapes of the Taga and Hakone volcanoes |
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| Site of Yamanaka Castle (Daisaki Demaru) |
In 1589, the Later Hojo clan, opposed to Toyotomi Hideyoshi who was promoting national unification, added a demaru (small castle projecting from a larger castle) to Yamanaka Castle to control the road from the Mishima and Nirayama areas. However, in the following year, the castle fell after only half a day of battle while it was still incomplete. Public ownership of the site, excavations and maintenance work are being carried out by Mishima City. |
Mediaval Samurai Monument |
Kannami Area |
Nationally designated important cultural property (historical landmark) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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13011 |
| Stone carving of Dososhin, the two deities (male & female) at Sawaike |
In the Edo period, villages united around a central guardian deity. And, statues, monuments and pagodas representing deities and jizo (guardian deity of children) were enshrined at village borders to distinguish the insides and outsides of villages – hence, the stonework carvings of Dososhin that can be seen in the area tie into the beliefs that comes with those various types of religious doctrines |
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Numazu & Mishima Area |
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3018 |
| Stone coffin at Myorenji Temple |
This tuff (Izu stone) stone coffin is kept at the entrance of the cemetery at Myorenji Temple. It was originally excavated near Yanagihara Shrine and kept at Yanagihara Elementary School (now Daisan Elementary School), but was moved to the present location after the school was relocated. It is said to belong to the Miyahara Kofun Group (late 6th century), a cluster of burial mounds that existed nearby. The side stones and the bottom stone are carved from a single stone, and the front and rear side stones are thought to have been carved from different stones. The lid is slightly house-shaped, with a protrusion that seems to have been carved into the inside of the coffin. It is thought that two coffins were probably joined together, but only one coffin exists today. There is another coffin lid at nearby Enmanji Temple. |
Archeological site |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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1175 |
| Stone lantern and stone torii gate at Yuzen Shrine |
These stone structures were donated to the shrine by a daimyo who was healed at Atami spa back in the Edo period.
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Atami Area |
Important cultural property designated by City (historical building) |
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Municipal homepage |
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2085 |
| Sutra mound at Sanmyoji Temple |
The sutra mound at Sanmyoji Temple is one of five such sutra mounds that existed in Numazu, and is famous for its large size. It was built in the early Kamakura period (1185-1333) to bury 100 copies of sutras based on the belief in Nyohokyo (literally, the copying of a sutra without mistakes), which flourished from the late Heian period when many people believed that humanity had entered the age of the degeneration of the Buddha's law, and thus copied and buried sutras in order to preserve the Buddha's teachings. |
Belief |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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Numazu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Kumado |
Temples which recorded the attempted eruption of Mt. Fuji, Numazu City Archives of Meiji History |
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1074 |
| Sulphur mining site |
"With all due respect, allow us to humbly request through this written note..." A letter beginning with these words dated to 1749 signifies what is probably Japan's first pollution lawsuit. The smell of sulphur still lingers in the air when approaching the mine mouth. The sulphur mining site has high historical value as an industrial heritage site. |
Disaster Memorial Monument |
Kawazu Higashiizu Area |
Important cultural property designated by Town (historical landmark) |
Higashiizu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Junction of Shirata forestry road |
Cross-section of the scoria hills and lava flows of Sekiguchi |
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| Tenjinbora ancient tombs |
In the past, there were a number of burial mounds, known as the Kanuki Ninety Mounds, in various parts of the Kanuki area. Known examples include the Hongo Kofun Group, Miyahara Kofun Group, Tenjinbora Tunnel Tombs, and Reizanji Tunnel Tombs. The Tenjinbora Kofun Group, identified in 1970 as part of the Kanuki District Land Readjustment Project, is also included among the aforementioned Kanuki Ninety Mounds, and a survey confirmed the location of more than ten burial mounds here. From the structure of the tombs and the characteristics of the excavated objects, it is estimated that they were constructed between the end of the 6th and 7th centuries, and although they were the tombs of common people, they were probably a well-to-do family, perhaps of the patriarchal class in a society based on a system of large families. |
Archeological site |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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| Tenno Shrine |
This shrine, on the mountain side of Nishina Port, is devoted to the deity Susanoo-no-Mikoto. Every 16th of July, there is an event to make and hoist into position a new ritual straw rope at the shrine. It is not clear when this event first started, but it is part of the setup for offering prayers for a good harvest and to ward of pestilence.
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Nishiizu Area |
National Park, Normal spot |
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Municipal homepage |
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| Toi Gold Mine |
Toi Gold Mine, which reached its peak around 1600, was closed in 1625. After that, mining resumed around 1910, with mine shafts being extended some 100km and deepest point reaching 180m below sea level by the time the mine was closed in 1965. The estimated output was 40 tons of gold and 400 tons of silver, which is about 150 billion yens worth. At present, part of the mine is maintained as a tourist mine and is open to the general public.
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Industrial Heritage |
Nishiizu Area |
Important cultural property designated by City (historical landmark, scenic spot) |
Izu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
Toi Gold Mine |
Toi Gold Mine |
Gold ore deposit, remains of mine, museum |
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| Tokaikan |
This was established by Yasutaro Inaba in 1928 and was structurally added to in conjunction with the switch from spa cure visitors to tourist groups that poured in with the opening of the Ito train line in 1938. At the time, famed master carpenters were commissioned to give each floor a different design. The top floor (watchtower) was built in 1949 and was said to have a wonderful panoramic view of Mt. Amagi thanks to the nearby low-lying buildings that existed back then.
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Hot Spring and Culture |
Ito Area |
Important cultural property designated by City |
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Municipal homepage |
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| Torinji Temple |
Although the 33 stone Kannon images of this temple are replicas of the principal images belonging to Saigoku temple, many of them differ from the Saigoku ones. They are dotted along the temple’s mountain path.
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Ito Area |
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Scholar hearing |
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| Two figure Doso-shin |
A rare two- figure Doso-shin statue in the Izu region, a standing statue in relief, 60 cm high x 46 wide x 50 cm deep, inscribed with the date of October 1717 in the Year of the Rooster and Tashiro Village. There are four other twin Doso-shin such statues in Kannami Town (Kuwabara, Tanna, Karuizawa and Hata), but this statue is the most clearly carved and the only one with a dated inscription. Doso-shin statues were placed at the entrances to villages to prevent the spread of disease, etc. In the Izu region, single, round-carved statues are commonly known as Izu-gata. |
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Kannami Area |
Important cultural property designated by Town (tangible folk cultural assets) |
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| Tokurano |
Suigetsuin Temple, home to a group of stone Buddha figures, became defunct in 1897, and so the figures were enshrined on plinths in groups of three on the side of a path close to the defunct temple. These figures are now one of the worship sites for the 33 stone Kannon images in Izu. |
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South Nakaizu Area |
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| Yuzen Shrine |
This shrine is worshipped as the guardian shrine to the spa town of Atami. Regular rites at the shrine are held to pray for the eternal flow of hot water and the prosperity of Atami’s spas. During the rites, there are other events, including a “hot water drawing race” and a “hot water drawing parade” that reproduce the tradition of carrying hot water to Edo Castle, as well as the old style “hot water festival” and a “mikoshi (portable shrine) procession”.
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Atami Area |
Important cultural property designated by City (historical landmark) |
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Municipal homepage |
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2083 |
| Yotsuzuka ancient tombs |
Yotsuzuka ancient tombs are a group of four small circular burial mounds with corridor-style stone chambers located in close proximity to each other, with another small circular mound surviving to the south, making a total of five confirmed locations. A short distance to the east, in an area of woodland in a residential area, there is another burial mound with an exposed stone chamber. These burial mounds were built about 1,300 years ago and are the tombs of influential people in the area.
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Archeological site |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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1188 |
| Yosano Tekkan Poem Monument at Cape Ose |
In 1932, the area's forest of Chinese juniper trees was designated as a Natural Monument by the Japanese government. The writer Tekkan Yosano, who visited the area the following year, was so impressed by the scenery that he composed a poem about it.
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Literature |
Osezaki & Heda Area |
National Park, Classification 2, special areas |
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Municipal homepage |
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1189 |
| Yasaki Site |
This archaeological site covers an area of 60,000 square meter and extends over the entire southern river terrace where the Kano River diverts to the west, to the north of Mt. Honjo. Since its discovery in 1930, the site has been investigated by many researchers. As a result, earthenware, stone axes, stone weights, copper arrowheads, copper bracelets, and dwelling sites mainly from the Middle Yayoi period were discovered, and the site was found to be a Yayoi period settlement site representing the eastern part of the prefecture. In addition, earthenware from the end of the Jomon period was found in the deepest soil layer, providing the oldest material that traces back the history of the town.
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Archeological Site |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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Municipal homepage |
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15013 |
| Umamizuka ancient tomb |
This burial mound is thought to have been built between the late 6th and 7th centuries. However, excavation work has not been carried out on the mound, and its contents remain largely unknown. It is one of the best-preserved burial mounds in Numazu, a circular mound with part of a corridor-style stone chamber remaining on the south side. There was another burial mound nearby, but it no longer remains. |
Archeological site |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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Municipal homepage |
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| Usami |
Remains of hamlet with earthenware, stone artifacts and remains of dwellings
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Industrial Heritage |
Ito Area |
Buried cultural properties (historical spot) |
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Municipal homepage |
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4072 |
| Warikozukainari Shrine |
The shrine, which venerates the god Inari Okami (god of foxes), is situated on a hill of volcanic rock with a circumference of approximately 80 m. There is a crack in the center of the rock, and the shrine gets its name from a legend that, long ago, a fox jumped out of this crack. The shrine's annual festival is held on the vernal equinox. |
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Numazu & Mishima Area |
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Municipal homepage |
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| Yamanokami ancient tombs |
One of a group of ancient burial at the foot of Mt. Ashitaka, today two circular mounds remain side by side in the precincts of Yama Shrine in Nishishiiji. The tombs date from the Late Kofun period, and were probably constructed sometime between the 6th and 7th centuries. They were the tombs of important persons in the area, and are the best preserved typical circular mounds in Numazu City. However, excavation work has not been carried out on the mound, and its contents remain largely unknown. |
Archeological site |
Numazu & Mishima Area |
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Municipal homepage |
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1183 |
| Cape Tarai |
From the tip of Cape Tarai, which juts out to the east of Yumigahama(Arch Beach), stone objects such as perforated disks and tezukune earthenware have been found, along with fragments of earthenware and unglazed vessels. The site is located at the tip of a cape from which the islands of Izu can be seen in the distance, and is therefore considered to be a special ritual site where the sea islands were the object of worship. |
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Minamiizu Area |
National Park, Classification 1, special areas |
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History/Tradition |
Scholar hearing |
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| Iro Shrine |
This shrine is located in a scenic area beyond the lighthouse on Cape Iro, looking out further out to sea. It is said to have been founded in 701, and the current shrine building was built in 1901. The shrine pavilion on top of a 7.3 m long thick mast is one of the Seven Wonders of Izu. |
Belief |
Minamiizu Area |
National Park, Classification 1, special areas |
Minamiizu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Yusuge Park |
Topography of Minamizaki Volcano and views from it |
Classification 1, special areas |
10006 |
| Iro Gongen Festival |
This shrine is located in a scenic area beyond the lighthouse on Irozaki Cape, looking out further out to sea. It is said to have been founded in 701, and the current shrine building was built in 1901. The shrine pavilion on top of a 7.3 m long thick mast is one of the Seven Wonders of Izu. |
Intangible Heritage |
Minamiizu Area |
National Park, Classification 1, special areas |
Minamiizu |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Irojinja Shrine |
Erosional landforms of underwater volcanoes and the shrines that use them |
Classification 1, special areas |
10003 |
| Shimojo Site |
This site exists at the foot of a mountain about 400 m north of Yumigahama(Arch Beach) in Minamiizu Town. It displays evidence of community rituals having taken place. |
Belief |
Minamiizu Area |
National Park, Classification 2, special areas |
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Scholar hearing |
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10060 |
| Shozenji Temple |
The 33 Kannon stone Buddhas are arranged in a row on the left hand side of the approach from the gate to the main hall. |
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Minamiizu Area |
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Scholar hearing |
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| Hizume Site |
This site exists on a narrow valley-bottom plain in the middle reaches of the Aono River. It is a complex site dating to the Late Yayoi period, the Kofun Period, and the Nara and Heian periods, with overlapping remains from each period detected in a narrow alluvial area. The ritual site discovered at the Hizume Site is a so-called community ritual site, and the relationship between the place where rituals were carried out and the group of pit dwellings is noteworthy. |
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Minamiizu Area |
National Park, Normal area |
Minamiizu |
History/Tradition |
Scholar hearing |
Shimogamo Spa |
Kano |
Stone quarry sites for tuff |
Classification 2, special areas |
10059 |
| 1703 tsunami memorial pagoda (Ekyoin Temple) |
This memorial pagoda stands in Ekyoin Temple in the Kawana district. It is said to have been enshrined at Ekyoin Temple after its original home at the great outer gate of Rinkoin Temple was lost because Rinkoin was closed. The pagoda is inscribed with date and story of the roughly 200 locals who lost their lives in the 1703 tsunami.
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Disaster Memorial Monument |
Ito Area |
National Park, Normal area, Important cultural property designated by City (historical material) |
Ito |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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Kaizoji Temple |
Stone marking height of tsunami |
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4031 |
| Ogawasawa stone quarries |
These are andesite quarries. They include the remains of Nagamine and Katakura quarries. |
Stone Quarry |
Ito Area |
Buried cultural properties (historical spot) |
Ito |
History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
Hachigakubo Volcano, Ogawasawa |
Hachigakubo Volcano |
Topography and eruption product of crater at Hachigakubo Volcano |
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| Quarries at Oka and Kusumi |
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Stone Quarry |
Ito Area |
Buried cultural properties (historical spot) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4097 |
| Ito-yakata |
This is a mound park on the site of an ancient fortified mansion which was the residence of the Ito clan that controlled the Ito area from the late Heian era through the Kamakura era.
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Mediaval Samurai Monument |
Ito Area |
Buried cultural properties (historical spot) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4087 |
| Mt. Yugawa stone quarries |
These are andesite quarries. This site includes the remains of the Sakuragabora and Isobeyama quarries.
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Stone Quarry |
Ito Area |
Buried cultural properties (historical spot) |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4091 |
| Boranaya establishment |
This was built by the Kishu clan (now connected to the Wakayama area) in 1627 and has since been added to and renovated several times. It served as a base for borafish fishing that was overseen by the Kishu clan, working directly under and protected by the Tokugawa Shogunate. Some 100 villagers would live and work here during the fishing seasons (March-May and September-November), repairing nets and boats and going out to bravely fish when called by the conch shell and raised flags. It is said that borafish caught here even ended up on the dining table of Iemitsu, the 3rd Tokugawa Shogun at nearby Edo Castle. With this history in mind, the people of Futo worked fervently to restore the Boranaya establishment for future generations.
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Folk Culture (tangible) |
Ito Area |
National Park, Classification 1, special areas |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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4052 |
| Sasami Beacon (night light) |
This is the spot where head priest Tanabe of Renchakuji Temple lit a beacon for fishing boats saving a ship at sea. In 1916, a beacon platform was built, and an oil lamp kept burning through the hours of darkness every night. The beacon was known as Hokai-manrei-to (dharma dhatu light of 10,000 souls), and now a monument to the night light erected in 1922 stands on the spot.
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Historical Monument |
Ito Area |
National Park, Classification 1, special areas |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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| Shuzenji Temple |
This is the birthplace of Shuzenji Spa and is located in the centre of the spa resort. It is said that Kobo Daishi founded Shuzenji Temple in 807 during the early Heian era. In the Kamakura period, this temple prospered and expanded (for a while it was surrounded by satellite temples) thanks to support from the Hojo Clan. |
Mediaval Samurai Monument |
North Nakaizu Area |
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History/Tradition |
Municipal homepage |
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6043 |
| Kashiwakubo ruins |
Studies here have revealed oval earthenware, dwelling remains and circular hand-dug holes. The dwelling ruins covered nearly all of the study site, with much of them extending outside of the study site. Relics include late Jomon pottery, earthenware, crafted lithic axes, stone spoons, flint arrowheads, Yayoi period jar-shaped pottery with stands, shallow pottery bowls with stands, chalice shaped pottery and glass beads. Such discoveries, spanning the Yayoi period to the Tumulus period, are unprecedented in the Izu area, and as such are an extremely important find. |
Archeological Site |
North Nakaizu Area |
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Municipal homepage |
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6086 |
| Toshigawa Maeda ruins |
The Toshigawa Maeda ruins are located on the eastern plateau looking up from the Toshigawa bus stop. The scale of the site is estimated to be some 20,000m2, but much of it has been lost to development, so only the remaining 5,000m2 were subject to the study. Excavation work shows the ruins and their relics to be from the middle to late Jomon period, with some from late Jomon and the Heian era. Following the traces of those ancient dwellers, one can see that they migrated from the top of the river terrace down to its bottom as time went by. |
Archeological Site |
North Nakaizu Area |
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Municipal homepage |
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