List of Historic Sites of Japan (Wakayama)

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

National Historic Sites

Twenty-five sites have been designated as being of national significance (including one *Special Historic Site); Kumano Sanzan spans the prefectural borders with Mie, Ōmine Okugakemichi spans the prefectural borders with Nara, and Kumano Sankeimichi spans the prefectural borders with both Mie and Nara.^[2][3]

Site	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
Isomaiwakage Site 磯間岩陰遺跡 Isomaiwakage iseki	Tanabe			33°43′17″N 135°23′00″E / 33.72127783°N 135.3832557°E	1
Shimosato Kofun 下里古墳 Shimosato kofun	Nachikatsuura			33°35′03″N 135°55′22″E / 33.58415868°N 135.92264581°E	1
*Iwasesenzuka Kofun Cluster 岩橋千塚古墳群 Iwasesenzuka kofun-gun	Wakayama			34°13′31″N 135°13′35″E / 34.22535457°N 135.22650145°E	1
Kii Kokubun-ji Site 紀伊国分寺跡 Kii Kokubunji ato	Kinokawa	provincial temple of Kii Province		34°16′08″N 135°20′22″E / 34.26881215°N 135.33937812°E	3
Former Nate-juku Honjin 旧名手宿本陣 Kyū-Nate-juku honjin	Kinokawa			34°16′33″N 135°26′09″E / 34.27596902°N 135.43572635°E	6
Kongōbu-ji Precinct 金剛峯寺境内 Kongōbuji keidai	Kōya	head temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism with multiple National Treasures; inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range[4][5]		34°12′47″N 135°34′47″E / 34.21309528°N 135.57971061°E	3
Hiromura Dike 広村堤防 Hiromura teibō	Hirogawa			34°01′35″N 135°10′14″E / 34.02628096°N 135.17054705°E	6
Kōzanji Shell Mound 高山寺貝塚 Kōzanji kaizuka	Tanabe			33°44′24″N 135°22′42″E / 33.73992211°N 135.37828182°E	1
Kōyasan Chōishi 高野山町石 Kōyasan chōishi	Kōya, Katsuragi, Kudoyama	inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range[4][5]		34°13′34″N 135°32′16″E / 34.22604038°N 135.53779234°E	3, 6
Negoro-ji Precinct 根来寺境内 Negoroji keidai	Iwade			34°17′15″N 135°19′04″E / 34.28744537°N 135.31780333°E	3
Misu Haiji Pagoda Site 三栖廃寺塔跡 Misu Haiji tō ato	Tanabe			33°44′14″N 135°25′00″E / 33.73711595°N 135.41653021°E	3
Shikagō Ichirizuka 四箇郷一里塚 Shikagō ichirizuka	Wakayama			34°14′42″N 135°12′03″E / 34.24498517°N 135.20078714°E	6
Ueno Haiji Site 上野廃寺跡 Ueno Haiji ato	Wakayama			34°16′29″N 135°15′15″E / 34.27460766°N 135.25430508°E	3
Shingū Castle Site and Mizuno Clan Graves 新宮城跡附水野家墓所 Shingū-jō ato tsuketari Mizuno-ke bosho	Shingū			33°43′05″N 135°59′08″E / 33.71793361°N 135.98564486°E	2, 7
Nishi Kokubun Pagoda Site 西国分塔跡 Nishi Kokubun tō ato	Iwade			34°15′57″N 135°19′53″E / 34.26596199°N 135.33145028°E	3
Ōtani Kofun 大谷古墳 Ōtani kofun	Wakayama			34°15′42″N 135°10′35″E / 34.26161825°N 135.17634967°E	1
Niutsuhime Jinja Precinct 丹生都比売神社境内 Nyūtsuhime Jinja keidai	Katsuragi	inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range[4][5]		34°15′30″N 135°31′27″E / 34.25833976°N 135.52425715°E	3
Hamaguchi Goryō Grave 浜口梧陵墓 Hamaguchi Goryō no haka	Hirogawa			34°01′16″N 135°10′05″E / 34.02102815°N 135.16814668°E	7
Myōe Kishū Sites and Tōba 明恵紀州遺跡率都婆 Myōe Kishū iseki sotsu tōba	Arida, Yuasa, Aridagawa			34°04′18″N 135°09′35″E / 34.07174983°N 135.15972962°E	3, 7
Narugami Shell Mound 鳴神貝塚 Narugami kaizuka	Wakayama			34°13′50″N 135°12′42″E / 34.23057523°N 135.21179749°E	1
Wakayama Castle 和歌山城 Wakayama-jō	Wakayama			34°13′39″N 135°10′16″E / 34.22753836°N 135.17109892°E	2
Wakayama Domain Tokugawa Clan Graves 和歌山藩主徳川家墓所 Wakayama-han-shu Tokugawa-ke bosho	Kainan			34°06′32″N 135°10′01″E / 34.10895802°N 135.16707259°E	7
Kumano Sanzan 熊野三山 Kumano sanzan	Shingū, Tanabe, Nachikatsuura	designation includes an area of Kihō in Mie Prefecture		33°43′37″N 135°58′55″E / 33.72693148°N 135.98189923°E	3
Ōmine Okugakemichi 大峯奥駈道 Ōmine okugakemichi	Tanabe, Shingū	trail inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range;[4][5] designation includes areas of Yoshino, Kurotaki, Kawakami, Tenkawa, Kamikitayama, Shimokitayama, Totsukawa, and Gojō in Nara Prefecture		34°13′26″N 135°57′19″E / 34.22400209°N 135.95521982°E	3, 6
Kumano Sankeimichi 熊野参詣道 Kumano sankeimichi	Shingū, Tanabe, Nachikatsuura, Shirahama, Susami, Kōya	trails inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List among the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range;[4][5] designation includes the Nakahechi (中辺路), Ōhechi (大辺路), Kohechi (小辺路), Iseji (伊勢路), Kumano River (熊野川), Shichirimi-hama (七里御浜), and Hano-no-Iwa (花の窟) and areas of Nosegawa and Totsukawa in Nara Prefecture and Kumano, Owase, Taiki, Kihoku, Mihama, and Kihō in Mie Prefecture		33°54′06″N 135°48′11″E / 33.90166772°N 135.80310716°E	3, 6

Prefectural Historic Sites

A further one hundred sites have been designated as being of prefectural importance.^[6][7]

See also

• Cultural Properties of Japan
• Wakayama Prefectural Museum

References

1. "Preservation and Utilization of Cultural Properties" (PDF). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
2. "Database of National Cultural Properties: 史跡名勝天然記念物 (史跡, 特別史跡 和歌山県)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
3. "Database of National Cultural Properties: 史跡名勝天然記念物 (史跡, 特別史跡 2県以上)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
4. "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range". UNESCO. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
5. "Kii Mountain Range (Japan)" (PDF). UNESCO. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
6. 区分別指定件数一覧表 [Table of Designations by Class] (in Japanese). Wakayama Prefecture. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
7. 県指定文化財・記念物 [Prefectural Designations - Monuments] (in Japanese). Wakayama Prefecture. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

External links

• (Japanese) Cultural Properties of Wakayama Prefecture