List of Historic Sites of Japan (Iwate)
National Historic Sites
As of 1 August 2014, thirty sites have been designated as being of national significance (including three *Special Historic Sites).

List of Historic Sites of Japan (Iwate)

Section Title: National Historic Sites
Table Section Text: As of 1 August 2014, thirty sites have been designated as being of national significance (including three *Special Historic Sites).

Site	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.

*Chūson-ji Precinct 中尊寺境内 Chūsonji keidai	Hiraizumi	part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land	Chūsonji Precinct	39°00′07″N 141°06′00″E / 39.00186419°N 141.10007091°E	3	165

*Muryōkō-in Site 無量光院跡 Muryōkōin ato	Hiraizumi	part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land	Muryōkōin Site	38°59′35″N 141°06′57″E / 38.99293001°N 141.1158882°E	3	117

*Mōtsū-ji Precinct and associated Chinjusha 毛越寺境内 附 鎮守社跡 Mōtsūji keidai tsuketari chinjūsha ato	Hiraizumi	part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land	Mōtsūji Precinct	38°59′26″N 141°06′56″E / 38.99053116°N 141.11545706°E	3	116

Ayaorishinden Site 綾織新田遺跡 Ayaorishinden iseki	Tōno	39°19′01″N 141°17′56″E / 39.31704513°N 141.29888505°E	1	3344

Ōshū Kaidō 奥州街道 Ōshū Kaidō	Ichinohe, Iwate	40°14′20″N 141°28′07″E / 40.2388038°N 141.46854328°E	6	00003655

Shimofunato Shell Mound 下船渡貝塚 Shimofunato kaizuka	Ōfunato	39°02′16″N 141°43′09″E / 39.03776484°N 141.7190317°E	1	129

Tsunozuka Kofun 角塚古墳 Tsunozuka kofun	Ōshū	Tsunozuka Kofun	39°08′29″N 141°05′37″E / 39.14136172°N 141.09374587°E	1	168

Kabayama Site 樺山遺跡 Kabayama iseki	Kitakami	39°14′32″N 141°07′48″E / 39.24234144°N 141.12987147°E	1	163

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 included within the submission for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List of The Modern Industrial Heritage Sites in Kyushu and Yamaguchi	Hashino Blast Furnace Site	39°20′36″N 141°40′57″E / 39.34342274°N 141.6824396°E	6	157

Kinkeizan 金鶏山 Kinkeizan	Hiraizumi	part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land	Kinkeizan	38°59′36″N 141°06′33″E / 38.99335037°N 141.10920153°E	2,3	3428

Kunohe Castle 九戸城跡 Kunohe-jō ato	Ninohe	Kunohe Castle Site	40°16′04″N 141°18′11″E / 40.26790019°N 141.30316196°E	2	134

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	Goshono Site	40°11′53″N 141°18′23″E / 40.19815136°N 141.30645834°E	1	169

Ezuriko Kofun Cluster 江釣子古墳群 Ezuriko kofun-gun	Kitakami	39°17′29″N 141°04′56″E / 39.29146211°N 141.08231253°E	1	166

Former Residence of Takano Chōei 高野長英旧宅 Takano Chōei kyū-taku	Ōshū	39°08′30″N 141°08′28″E / 39.14161321°N 141.14100696°E	8	128

Kunimisan Haiji Site 国見山廃寺跡 Kunimisan Haiji ato	Kitakami	Heian-period excavated artefacts	39°15′48″N 141°08′32″E / 39.263443°N 141.14212°E	3	3398

Honederamura Shōen Site 骨寺村荘園遺跡 Honederamura shōen iseki	Ichinoseki	38°58′54″N 140°57′06″E / 38.9817021°N 140.95177743°E	6	3415

Sakiyama Shell Mound 崎山貝塚 Sakiyama kaizuka	Miyako	39°40′29″N 141°57′41″E / 39.67463142°N 141.96144694°E	1	170

Shiwa Castle Site 志波城跡 Shiwa-jō ato	Morioka	Shiwa Castle Site	39°41′08″N 141°06′22″E / 39.68555267°N 141.10624036°E	2	167

Morioka Castle Site 盛岡城跡 Morioka-jō ato	Morioka	Morioka Castle Site	39°42′02″N 141°09′04″E / 39.70066353°N 141.15108067°E	2	141

Ōsuzukami Site 大清水上遺跡 Ōsuzukami iseki	Ōshū	39°06′47″N 140°57′14″E / 39.11310698°N 140.95390454°E	1	00003597

Ōhora Shell Mound 大洞貝塚 Ōhora kaizuka	Ōfunato	39°04′01″N 141°44′40″E / 39.06681149°N 141.74457859°E	1	3299

Takonoura Shell Mound 蛸ノ浦貝塚 Takonoura kaizuka	Ōfunato	39°02′08″N 141°44′23″E / 39.0356528°N 141.7398608°E	1	130

Takkoku-no-Iwaya 達谷窟 Takkoku-no-Iwaya	Hiraizumi	Takkoku-no-Iwaya	38°58′08″N 141°03′29″E / 38.96901282°N 141.0581363°E	3	3414

Isawa Castle Site 胆沢城跡 Isawa-jō ato	Ōshū	39°10′51″N 141°08′07″E / 39.18075357°N 141.13514156°E	2	118

Nakazawahama Shell Mound 中沢浜貝塚 Nakazawahama kaizuka	Rikuzentakata	38°57′16″N 141°41′39″E / 38.95441924°N 141.69403949°E	1	131

Tokutan Castle Site 徳丹城跡 Tokutan-jō ato	Yahaba	39°36′28″N 141°10′21″E / 39.60777681°N 141.17236734°E	2	159

Nanbu-Date border mounds 南部領伊達領境塚 Nanbu-ryō Date-ryō	Kitakami, Kanegasaki	39°15′53″N 141°03′03″E / 39.26466287°N 141.05074033°E	2	3252

Hatten Site 八天遺跡 Hatten iseki	Kitakami	39°19′44″N 141°09′26″E / 39.32894584°N 141.15726166°E	1	164

Yanagi-no-Gosho and Sites of Hiraizumi 柳之御所・平泉遺跡群 Yanagi-no-Gosho - Hiraizumi iseki-gun	Hiraizumi, Ōshū	designation includes the sites in Ōshū of Chōjagahara Haiji (長者ヶ原廃寺跡) and Shirotori-tate (白鳥舘遺跡), which formed part of the original 2006 World Heritage nomination of "Hiraizumi - Cultural Landscape Associated with Pure Land Buddhist Cosmology"	Yanagi-no-Gosho	38°59′37″N 141°07′09″E / 38.993611°N 141.119167°E	2	164

Tonomi Palisade Site 鳥海柵跡 Tonomi-no-saku iseki	Kanegasaki	39°11′17″N 141°06′42″E / 39.187978°N 141.111724°E	2	[1]

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Isawa Castle site was a National Historic Site.

final_sentence: Isawa Castle site was a National Historic Site.