List of Historic Sites of Japan (Iwate)
Site Municipality Comments Type Ref
* Chūson-ji Precinct 中尊寺境内 Chūson-ji keidai Hiraizumi component of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Hiraizumi - Temples , Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land 3 [ 1 ]
* Muryōkō-in ruins 無量光院跡 Muryōkōin ato Hiraizumi component of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Hiraizumi - Temples , Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land 3 [ 2 ]
* Mōtsū-ji Precinct and associated Chinjusha 毛越寺境内 附 鎮守社跡 Mōtsūji keidai tsuketari chinjūsha ato Hiraizumi component of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Hiraizumi - Temples , Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land 3 [ 3 ]
Ayaorishinden Site 綾織新田遺跡 Ayaorishinden iseki Tōno Jōmon period settlement ruins 1 [ 4 ]
Ōshū Kaidō 奥州街道 Ōshū Kaidō Ichinohe , Iwate Edo period highway 6 [ 5 ]
Shimofunato Shell Mound 下船渡貝塚 Shimofunato kaizuka Ōfunato Jōmon period shell midden 1 [ 6 ]
Tsunozuka Kofun 角塚古墳 Tsunozuka kofun Ōshū Kofun period tumuli 1 [ 7 ]
Kabayama Site 樺山遺跡 Kabayama iseki Kitakami Jōmon period settlement 1 [ 8 ]
Hashino iron mining and smelting site 橋野高炉跡 Hashino kōro ato Kamaishi oldest Western-style blast furnace in Japan , built in 1858 ; influenced the development of the Yawata Steel Works and for this reason a component of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Sites of Japans Meiji Industrial Revolution : Iron and Steel , Shipbuilding and Coal Mining 6 [ 9 ]
Kinkeizan 金鶏山 Kinkeizan Hiraizumi component of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Hiraizumi - Temples , Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land 2,3 [ 10 ]
Kunohe Castle ruins 九戸城跡 Kunohe-jō ato Ninohe Muromachi period castle ruins 2 [ 11 ]
Goshono Site 御所野遺跡 Goshono iseki Ichinohe submitted for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Jōmon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaidō , Northern Tōhoku , and other regions 1 [ 12 ]
Ezuriko Kofun Cluster 江釣子古墳群 Ezuriko kofun-gun Kitakami Kofun period tumuli 1 [ 13 ]
Former Residence of Takano Chōei 高野長英旧宅 Takano Chōei kyū-taku Ōshū Bakumatsu period rangaku scholar residence 8 [ 14 ]
Kunimisan temple ruins 国見山廃寺跡 Kunimisan Haiji ato Kitakami Heian period temple ruins 3 [ 15 ]
Honederamura Shōen ruins 骨寺村荘園遺跡 Honederamura shōen iseki Ichinoseki Heian period estate ruins 6 [ 16 ]
Sakiyama Shell Mound 崎山貝塚 Sakiyama kaizuka Miyako Jōmon period shell midden 1 [ 17 ]
Shiwa Castle ruins 志波城跡 Shiwa-jō ato Morioka Heian period castle ruins 2 [ 18 ]
Morioka Castle 盛岡城跡 Morioka-jō ato Morioka Edo period castle 2 [ 19 ]
Ōsuzukami Site 大清水上遺跡 Ōsuzukami iseki Ōshū Jōmon period settlement ruins 1 [ 20 ]
National Historic Sites
As of 1 July 2019 , thirty Sites have been designated as being of national significance ( including three *Special Historic Sites ) . [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
This list is of the Historic Sites of Japan located within the Prefecture of Iwate.