List of Historic Sites of Japan (Fukui)

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

National Historic Sites

As of 1 August 2014, twenty-four sites have been designated as being of national significance (including one *Special Historic Site); Genbao Castle Site spans the prefectural borders with Shiga.^[2][3][4]

Site	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
Ichijōdani Asakura Family Site 一乗谷朝倉氏遺跡 Ichijōdani Asakura-shi iseki	Fukui			36°00′05″N 136°17′49″E / 36.00139924°N 136.29698422°E	2, 3, 6, 8	00003445
Ōzan Kofun Cluster 王山古墳群 Ōzan kofun-gun	Sabae			35°56′22″N 136°11′06″E / 35.93934066°N 136.18500339°E	1	1063
Okozu Salt Production Site 岡津製塩遺跡 Okozu seien iseki	Obama			35°28′54″N 135°39′20″E / 35.48169386°N 135.65547996°E	6	1070
Shimofunazuka Kofun 下船塚古墳 Shimofunazuka kofun	Wakasa			35°28′16″N 135°48′51″E / 35.47104258°N 135.81428743°E	1	1059
Kabutoyama Kofun 兜山古墳 Kabutoyama kofun	Sabae			35°58′28″N 136°11′00″E / 35.97450588°N 136.18333665°E	1	1068
Maruoka Domain Battery Site 丸岡藩砲台跡 Maruoka-han hōdai ato	Sakai			36°15′13″N 136°09′15″E / 36.25350974°N 136.15405172°E	2	1037
Yoshizaki-gobō Site 吉崎御坊跡 Yoshizaki-gobō ato	Awara			36°17′15″N 136°15′03″E / 36.28736675°N 136.25083346°E	3	1064
Kanagasaki Castle Site 金ヶ崎城跡 Kanagasaki-jō ato	Tsuruga			35°39′54″N 136°04′29″E / 35.6649305°N 136.0746489°E	2	1046
Nochiseyama Castle Site 後瀬山城跡 Nochiseyama-jō ato	Obama			35°29′17″N 135°44′20″E / 35.4879307°N 135.73888295°E	2	1074
Wakasa Kokubun-ji Site 若狭国分寺跡 Wakasa Kokubun-ji ato	Obama	provincial temple of Wakasa Province		35°28′50″N 135°47′18″E / 35.4805051°N 135.78844442°E	3	1065
Obama Domain Battery Sites 小浜藩台場跡 Obama-han daiba ato	Ōi	designation includes the sites of the Matsugase Battery (松ヶ瀬台場跡) and Nokogirizaki Battery (鋸崎台場跡)		35°31′58″N 135°39′57″E / 35.53268121°N 135.66571169°E	2	3279
Matsuoka Kofun Cluster 松岡古墳群 Matsuoka kofun-gun	Eiheiji	designation includes Tegurigajōyama Kofun (手繰ヶ城山古墳), Ishifuneyama Kofun (石舟山古墳), Torigoeyama Kofun (鳥越山古墳), and Nihonmatsu Kofun (二本松山古墳)		36°05′34″N 136°18′55″E / 36.09287481°N 136.31516818°E	1	1069
Jōnozuka Kofun 上ノ塚古墳 Jōnozuka kofun	Wakasa			35°28′05″N 135°52′28″E / 35.46800377°N 135.8745432°E	1	1056
Kamifunazuka Kofun 上船塚古墳 Kamifunazuka kofun	Wakasa			35°28′13″N 135°48′51″E / 35.47022716°N 135.81417277°E	1	1058
Nishizuka Kofun 西塚古墳 Nishizuka kofun	Wakasa			35°28′07″N 135°52′24″E / 35.4685739°N 135.87332485°E	1	1055
Nakagoe Kofun Cluster 中郷古墳群 Nakagoe kofun-gun	Tsuruga			35°38′08″N 136°05′09″E / 35.63555976°N 136.08577602°E	1	1072
Nakatsuka Kofun 中塚古墳 Nakatsuka kofun	Wakasa			35°28′02″N 135°52′33″E / 35.46722633°N 135.87579602°E	1	1057
Tōmyō-ji Nitta Yoshisada Legendary War Memorial 燈明寺畷新田義貞戦歿伝説地 Tōmyōji nawate Nitta Yoshisada senbotsu densetsu-chi	Fukui			36°05′18″N 136°12′33″E / 36.08823008°N 136.20924159°E	8	1032
Hakusan Heisen-ji Former Precinct 白山平泉寺旧境内 Hakusan Heisenji kyū-keidai	Katsuyama			36°02′38″N 136°32′31″E / 36.04385866°N 136.54191491°E	3	1053
Takeda Kōunsai Grave 武田耕雲斎等墓 Takeda Kōunsai tō no haka	Katsuyama			35°39′04″N 136°03′27″E / 35.65118103°N 136.05756273°E	7	1049
Mendorinagayama Kofun 免鳥長山古墳 Mendorinagayama kofun	Fukui			36°07′43″N 136°04′44″E / 36.12868717°N 136.07877552°E	1	00003568
Rokuroseyama Kofun Cluster 六呂瀬山古墳群 Rokuroseyama kofun-gun	Sakai			36°07′03″N 136°18′56″E / 36.11747319°N 136.31559547°E	1	1073
Samayama Castle Site 杣山城跡 Samayama-jō ato	Minamiechizen			35°48′18″N 136°13′07″E / 35.80511061°N 136.2187382°E	2	1047
Genbao Castle Site 玄藩尾城（内中尾山城）跡 Genbao-jō (Uchinakaoyama-jō) ato	Tsuruga	designation includes an area of Yogo in Shiga Prefecture		35°35′51″N 136°10′23″E / 35.59753912°N 136.17318164°E	2	3329

Prefectural Historic Sites

As of 1 May 2014, twenty-nine sites have been designated as being of prefectural importance.^[4][5]

Site	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
Mimuro Site 三室遺跡 Mimuro iseki	Katsuyama			36°02′19″N 136°29′49″E / 36.038620°N 136.496866°E
Chausuyama Kofun Cluster 茶臼山古墳群 Chausuyama kofun-gun	Echizen			35°53′32″N 136°09′05″E / 35.892318°N 136.151376°E
Asuwayama Kofun Cluster 足羽山古墳群 Asuwayama kofun-gun	Fukui			36°03′04″N 136°12′03″E / 36.051042°N 136.200750°E
Kitabori Shell Mound 北堀貝塚 Kitabori kaizuka	Fukui			36°08′36″N 136°06′49″E / 36.143455°N 136.113739°E
Hikida Castle Site 疋壇城跡 Hikida-jō ato	Tsuruga			35°35′59″N 136°06′00″E / 35.599636°N 136.099910°E
Asahiyama Kofun Cluster 朝日山古墳群 Asahiyama kofun-gun	Echizen			35°58′21″N 136°07′18″E / 35.972363°N 136.121593°E
Kasugayama Kofun 春日山古墳 附 泰遠寺山古墳出土石棺 Kasugayama kofun tsuketari Taionjiyama kofun shutsudo sekkan	Eiheiji			36°05′15″N 136°18′06″E / 36.087378°N 136.301783°E
Obama Castle Site 小浜城跡 Obama-jō	Obama			35°30′14″N 135°44′46″E / 35.503863°N 135.745987°E
Komaru Castle Site 小丸城跡 （附 野々宮廃寺跡） Komaru-jō (tsuketari Nonomiya Haiji ato)	Echizen			35°53′53″N 136°13′49″E / 35.897950°N 136.230211°E
Tsuchimikado Family Graves 土御門家墓所 Tsuchimikado-ke bosho	Ōi			35°23′49″N 135°35′23″E / 35.396887°N 135.589807°E
Echizen Ōno Castle Site 越前大野城跡 Echizen Ōno-jō ato	Ōno			35°59′11″N 136°29′00″E / 35.986341°N 136.483240°E
Kiyohara Bukata Grave 清原宜賢卿墓所 Kiyohara Bukata-kyō bosho	Fukui			35°58′51″N 136°12′31″E / 35.980750°N 136.208496°E
Nitta Yoshisada Public Grave 新田義貞公墓所 Nitta Yoshisada kō-bosho	Sakai	at Shōnen-ji (称念寺)		36°08′38″N 136°15′06″E / 36.143784°N 136.251562°E
Yokoyama Kofun Cluster 横山古墳群 Yokoyama kofun-gun	Awara/Sakai			36°10′36″N 136°16′53″E / 36.176648°N 136.281431°E
Kamo Kofun 加茂古墳 Kamo kofun	Obama			35°29′18″N 135°49′50″E / 35.488354°N 135.830600°E
Shinmeigatani Sue Ware Kiln Site 神明ヶ谷の須恵器窯跡 Shinmeigatani no Sue-ki kama ato	Echizen			35°55′30″N 136°03′40″E / 35.924975°N 136.060996°E
Ōmushi Haiji Pagoda Site 大虫廃寺塔跡 Ōmushi Haiji tō ato	Echizen			35°53′57″N 136°08′32″E / 35.899297°N 136.142106°E
Funazu Shell Mound 舟津貝塚 Funazu kaizuka	Awara			36°13′45″N 136°11′35″E / 36.229211°N 136.193041°E
Ochi-san Sacred Mountain Site 越知山山岳信仰跡 Ochi-san sangaku-shinkō ato	Echizen			35°59′51″N 136°01′56″E / 35.997591°N 136.032157°E
Kunugi Kofun 椚古墳（石室） Kunugi kofun (sekishitsu)	Awara			36°11′55″N 136°16′55″E / 36.198625°N 136.281946°E
Jūzennomori Kofun 十善の森古墳 Jūzennomori kofun	Wakasa			35°27′47″N 135°50′31″E / 35.463029°N 135.841870°E
Anajizō Kofun 穴地蔵古墳 Anajizō kofun	Tsuruga			35°39′27″N 136°02′22″E / 35.657392°N 136.039431°E
Mitakeyama Kofun Cluster 御葺山古墳群 Mitakeyama kofun-gun	Fukui			36°00′47″N 136°17′40″E / 36.013057°N 136.294391°E
Oshiroyama Kofun お城山古墳 Oshiroyama kofun	Fukui			36°02′02″N 136°08′28″E / 36.033813°N 136.141140°E
Tatebora Kofun No.2 立洞古墳（二号墳） Tatebora kofun (nigō-fun)	Tsuruga			35°38′37″N 136°05′20″E / 35.643530°N 136.088945°E
Nishitani Site 西谷遺跡 Nishitani iseki	Sakai			36°13′45″N 136°09′44″E / 36.229229°N 136.162110°E
Senzoku Ichirizuka 千束一里塚 Senzoku ichirizuka	Awara			36°15′14″N 136°14′54″E / 36.253843°N 136.248450°E
Suzaki High Tōrō 洲崎の高燈籠 Suzaki-no-takatōrō	Tsuruga			35°39′28″N 136°03′54″E / 35.657889°N 136.065073°E
Hatano Castle Site 波多野城跡 Hatano-jō ato	Eiheiji			36°04′37″N 136°20′52″E / 36.076887°N 136.347649°E

Municipal Historic Sites

As of 1 May 2014, a further one hundred and ninety-seven sites have been designated as being of municipal importance.^[6]

See also

• Cultural Properties of Japan
• Wakasa Province
• Echizen Province
• Fukui Prefectural Museum of Cultural History
• List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Fukui)

References

1. "Cultural Properties for Future Generations". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
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 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
3. "Database of National Cultural Properties: 史跡名勝天然記念物 (史跡, 特別史跡 福井県 ２県以上)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
4. 史跡 [Historic Sites] (in Japanese). Fukui Prefecture. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
5. 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 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
6. 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 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.

External links

• (Japanese) Cultural Properties of Fukui Prefecture
• (Japanese) Historic Sites in Fukui Prefecture