List of Historic Sites of Japan (Toyama)

This list is of the Historic Sites of Japan located within the Prefecture of Toyama.^[1]

National Historic Sites

As of 1 August 2019, twenty-one Sites have been designated as being of national significance, including the Kaga Domain Maeda Clan Graves and Kaetsu border castle ruins, which span the prefectural borders with Ishikawa.^[2][3][4]

Site	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
Jōbenoma Site じょうべのま遺跡 Jōbenoma iseki	Nyūzen	Heian shōen ruins	Jōbenoma Site	36°57′15″N 137°29′42″E	6	968
Yasuda Castle Site 安田城跡 Yasuda-jō ato	Toyama	Sengoku period castle ruins	Yasuda Castle Site	36°40′48″N 137°09′38″E	2	969
Etchū Gokayama Suganuma Hamlet 越中五箇山菅沼集落 Etchū Gokayama Suganuma shūraku	Nanto	forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama[5]	Etchū Gokayama Suganuma Hamlet	36°24′15″N 136°53′12″E	6	962
Etchū Gokayama Ainokura Hamlet 越中五箇山相倉集落 Etchū Gokayama Ainokura shūraku	Nanto	forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama[5]	Etchū Gokayama Ainokura Hamlet	36°25′33″N 136°56′07″E	6	961
Ōzuka-Senbōyama Sites 王塚・千坊山遺跡群 Ōzuka-Senbōyama iseki-gun	Toyama	Yayoi period settlement ruins		36°39′38″N 137°07′01″E	1	959
Kushidashin Site 串田新遺跡 Kushidashin iseki	Imizu	Jōmon period settlement	Kushidashin Site	36°41′21″N 137°02′29″E	1	967
Takase Site 高瀬遺跡 Takase iseki	Nanto	early Heian period shōen ruins[6]	Takase Site	36°33′53″N 136°56′58″E	6	963
Sakuradani Kofun 桜谷古墳 Sakuradani kofun	Takaoka	Kofun period tumuli cluster	Sakuradani Kofun	36°49′00″N 137°01′56″E	1	952
Kosugimaruyama Site 小杉丸山遺跡 Kosugimaruyama iseki	Imizu	Asuka period kiln ruins	Kosugimaruyama Site	36°41′47″N 137°03′55″E	1	972
Kamiichi Kurokawa Sites 上市黒川遺跡群 Kamiichi Kurokawa iseki-gun	Kamiichi	Kamakura period ruins, designation includes the sites of the Ennenjiyama Sutra Mound (円念寺山経塚), Kurokawa Ueyama Graves (黒川上山墓跡), and Shingō-ji (伝真興寺跡)		36°42′53″N 137°24′09″E	3, 7	00003468
Masuyama Castle Site 増山城跡 Masuyama-jō ato	Tonami	Sengoku period castle ruins	Masuyama Castle Site	36°39′08″N 137°02′36″E	2	00003642
Ōiwa Nissekiji Stone Buddhas 大岩日石寺石仏 Ōiwa Nissekiji sekibutsu	Kamiichi	Nara period bas-relief carvings	Ōiwa Nissekiji Stone Buddhas	36°39′44″N 137°23′28″E	3	951
Ōzakai Cave Dwelling Site 大境洞窟住居跡 Ōzakai dōkutsu jūkyo ato	Himi	Jōmon period cave dwelling	Ōzakai Cave Dwelling Site	36°55′22″N 137°01′49″E	1	945
Asahi Shell Mound 朝日貝塚 Asahi kaizuka	Himi	Jōmon period shell midden	Asahi Shell Mound	36°50′55″N 136°59′04″E	1	944
Sugusaka Site 直坂遺跡 Sugusaka iseki	Toyama	Japanese Paleolithic settlement		36°33′35″N 137°13′12″E	1	970
Fudōdō Site 不動堂遺跡 Fudōdō iseki	Asahi	Jōmon period settlement	Fudōdō Site	36°55′15″N 137°33′13″E	1	966
Kitadai Site 北代遺跡 Kitadai iseki	Toyama	Jōmon period settlement	Kitadai Site	36°43′03″N 137°11′10″E	1	971
Yanaida Nunōyama Kofun 柳田布尾山古墳 Yanaida Nunōyama Kofun	Himi	Yayoi period tumuli	Yanaida Nunōyama Kofun	36°49′24″N 136°59′27″E	1	3278
Kaga Domain Maeda Clan Graves 加賀藩主前田家墓所 Kaga-han-shu Maeda-ke bosho	Takaoka	designation includes an area of Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture	Kaga Domain Maeda Clan Graves	36°44′15″N 137°01′23″E	7	00003621
Kaetsu border castle ruins 加越国境城跡群及び道 切山城跡 松根城跡 小原越 Kaetsu-kuni-zakai shiro ato-gun oyobi michi Kiriyama-jō ato Matsune-jō ato Ohara-goe	Oyabe	Sengoku period castle ruins; designation includes the sites of Kiriyama Castle, Matsune Castle, and Ohara Pass spanning the Ishikawa-Toyama border	Kaetsu Territory Castle Sites and Roads	36°36′58″N 136°47′00″E	6	00003879
Takaoka Castle ruins 高岡城跡 Takaoka Castle ruins	Takaoka	Edo Period Castle	Takaoka Castle ruins	36°44′57″N 137°01′14″E	6	00003893

This list is complete and up to date as of August 2019.

Prefectural Historic Sites

As of 1 May 2019, thirty Sites have been designated as being of prefectural importance.^[7][8]

Site	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
Ao Castle Site 阿尾城跡 Ao-jō ato	Himi			36°52′48″N 136°59′27″E
Sakai Ichirizuka 境一里塚 Sakai ichirizuka	Asahi			36°58′35″N 137°37′28″E
Miyazaki Castle Site 宮崎城跡 Miyazaki-jō ato	Himi			36°57′47″N 137°35′08″E
Chigozuka 稚児塚 Chigozuka	Tateyama			36°41′34″N 137°19′08″E
Jōgahira Cave Tombs 城ガ平横穴古墳 Jōgahira ōketsu kofun-gun	Takaoka			36°44′28″N 136°55′39″E
Ōzuka Kofun 大塚古墳 Ōzuka kofun	Imizu			36°42′03″N 137°03′26″E
Sakuratōge Site 桜峠遺跡 Sakuratōge iseki	Uozu			36°49′29″N 137°28′25″E
Matuskura Castle Site 松倉城跡 Matuskura-jō ato	Uozu			36°45′44″N 137°26′27″E
Kitano Stone Buddha Niche 北野の石龕 Kitano no sekigan	Kurobe			36°53′30″N 137°26′54″E
Gorintō 嘉暦四歳銘五輪石塔 Karyaku yonsai mei gorin sekitō	Kurobe	inscribed Karyaku 4 (1329)		36°53′19″N 137°25′56″E
Kareisawa Stone Buddhas 嘉例沢の石仏 Kareisawa sekibutsu	Kurobe			36°49′42″N 137°32′04″E
Etchū Kokubun-ji Site 越中国分寺跡 Etchū Kokubunji ato	Takaoka	provincial temple of Etchū Province		36°47′52″N 137°02′57″E
Chokushizuka 勅使塚 Chokushizuka	Toyama			36°39′38″N 137°07′01″E
Sakai Barrier Site 境関跡 Sakai seki ato	Asahi			36°58′37″N 137°37′33″E
Inotani Barrier Site 猪谷関跡 Inotani seki ato	Toyama			36°28′17″N 137°14′22″E
Kifune Castle Site 木舟城跡 Kifune-jō ato	Takaoka			36°41′18″N 136°54′50″E
Ikuji Battery 生地台場 Ikuji daiba	Kurobe			36°53′57″N 137°24′39″E
Miyanaga Jūzaemon Grave 宮永十佐エ門の墓 Miyanaga Jūzaemon no haka	Oyabe			36°36′16″N 136°53′40″E
Zuiryū-ji Stone Tombs 瑞龍寺の石廟 Zuiryūji no sekibyō	Takaoka			36°44′08″N 137°00′38″E
Aimotoshin Site 愛本新遺跡 Aimotoshin iseki	Kurobe			36°53′14″N 137°32′31″E
Hongō Site 本江遺跡 Hongō iseki	Namerikawa			36°43′38″N 137°23′05″E
Takase Site (Anada District) 高瀬遺跡 (穴田地区) Takase iseki (Anada chiku)	Nanto			36°33′54″N 136°56′58″E
Hamayama Jewelry Workshop 浜山玉つくり遺跡 Hamayama tama-tsukuri iseki	Asahi	Kofun-period workshop for magatama, cylindrical beads, and other jewels[9]		36°58′13″N 137°36′06″E
Nakayamaminami Site 中山南遺跡 Nakayamaminami iseki	Imizu			36°42′19″N 137°06′32″E
Mizukamitani Site 水上谷遺跡 Mizukamitani iseki	Imizu			36°39′56″N 137°04′03″E
Kanakusa No.1 Kiln Site 金草第一古窯跡 Kanakusa daiichi furu kama ato	Toyama			36°41′51″N 137°09′21″E
Higashi-Kuromaki-Ueno Site 東黒牧上野遺跡 Higashi-Kuromaki-Ueno iseki	Toyama			36°36′09″N 137°16′40″E
Kakoiyama Site 囲山遺跡 Kakoiyama iseki	Imizu			36°42′33″N 137°05′24″E
Wakamiya Kofun 若宮古墳 Wakamiya kofun	Oyabe			36°39′52″N 136°51′06″E
Shōmyō Falls Basin 称名滝とその流域 Shōmyō-daki to sono ryūiki	Tateyama	the falls are a national Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument and a locus of Shugendō practice[10][11]		36°34′33″N 137°31′36″E

This list is complete and up to date as of August 2019.

Municipal Historic Sites

As of 1 May 2019, a further one hundred and eighty-five Sites have been designated as being of municipal importance.^[12]

Registered Historic Sites

As of 1 July 2019, one Monument has been registered (as opposed to designated) as an Historic Site at a national level.^[13]

Place	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
Tateyama Sabō Erosion Control Works Railway 立山砂防工事専用軌道 Tateyama sabō kōji sen-yō kidō	Tateyama			36°33′55″N 137°29′20″E

This list is complete and up to date as of August 2019.

See also

• Cultural Property (Japan)
• Etchū Province
• List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Toyama)
• List of Cultural Properties of Japan - historical materials (Toyama)
• List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Toyama)

References

1. "Cultural Properties for Future Generations". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
2. 史跡名勝天然記念物 [Number of Monuments of Japan by Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
3. "Database of National Cultural Properties: 史跡名勝天然記念物 (史跡, 特別史跡 富山県 2県以上)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
4. 富山県指定文化財 [Cultural Properties of Toyama Prefecture] (in Japanese). Toyama Prefecture. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
5. "Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama". UNESCO. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
6. 史跡公園「高瀬遺跡」 [Historic Park "Takase Site"] (in Japanese). Nanto City. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
7. 都道府県別指定等文化財件数（都道府県分） [Number of Prefectural Cultural Properties by Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
8. 富山県指定文化財 [Toyama Prefectural Cultural Properties] (in Japanese). 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
9. 玉つくりの遺跡 [Jewelry Workshop Site] (in Japanese). Toyama Prefecture. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
10. 称名滝 [Shōmyō Falls] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
11. 称名滝とその流域 [Shōmyō Falls Basin] (in Japanese). MLIT Hokuriku Regional Development Bureau. Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
12. 都道府県別指定等文化財件数（市町村分） [Number of Municipal Cultural Properties by Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
13. 登録文化財 [Number of Registered Cultural Properties by Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

External links

• Historic Sites of Toyama Prefecture (in Japanese)