# Asuka-Fujiwara

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Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological sites of Japan's Ancient Capitals and Related Properties is a cluster of archaeological sites from in and around the late sixth- to early eighth-century capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara-kyō, Nara Prefecture, Japan. In 2007, twenty-eight sites were submitted jointly for future inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List under criteria ii, iii, iv, v, and vi. As of 28 January 2025, the number of component sites in the nominated property has been reduced to nineteen. Currently, the submission is included on the Tentative List. The Japanese government is aiming for inscription in 2026.
Since 2011, the Cultural Landscape of the Asuka Hinterland has been protected as one of the Cultural Landscapes of Japan. An area of 60 ha is also protected within the Asuka Historical National Government Park. Related artefacts are housed at the Asuka Historical Museum.

## Component sites

As of 28 January 2025, the nominated property comprises nineteen component sites:
| Site | Municipality | Comments | Coordinates |
| Asuka Palace Site 飛鳥宮跡 Asuka no miya ato | Asuka | comprising the sites of the Okamoto Palace [ja], Itabuki Palace [ja], Later Okamoto Palace [Wikidata], and Kiyomihara Palace [ja] | 34°28′24″N 135°49′16″E﻿ / ﻿34.473413°N 135.821125°E﻿ / 34.473413; 135.821125﻿ (Asuka Palace Site) |
| Asuka Pond Garden Site 飛鳥京跡苑池 Asuka-kyō ato enchi | Asuka | Historic Site and Place of Scenic Beauty, a pair of ponds in gardens extending 80 metres E-W and at least 230 metres N-S and related to the Itabuki Palace [ja] | 34°28′30″N 135°49′07″E﻿ / ﻿34.474987°N 135.818604°E﻿ / 34.474987; 135.818604﻿ (Asuka Pond Garden Site) |
| Asuka Water Clock Site 飛鳥水落遺跡 Asuka mizuochi iseki | Asuka | Historic Site | 34°28′49″N 135°49′06″E﻿ / ﻿34.48035257°N 135.81829106°E﻿ / 34.48035257; 135.81829106﻿ (Asuka Water Clock Site) |
| Sakafuneishi Ritual Site 酒船石遺跡 Sakafune-ishi iseki | Asuka | Historic Site | 34°28′32″N 135°49′24″E﻿ / ﻿34.47555984°N 135.82345272°E﻿ / 34.47555984; 135.82345272﻿ (Sakafuneishi Ritual Site) |
| Asuka-dera Temple Site 飛鳥寺跡 Asukadera ato | Asuka | Historic Site | 34°28′43″N 135°49′14″E﻿ / ﻿34.4784979°N 135.82058527°E﻿ / 34.4784979; 135.82058527﻿ (Asuka-dera Temple Site) |
| Tachibana-dera Temple Site 橘寺跡 Tachibanadera ato | Asuka | Historic Site | 34°28′12″N 135°49′04″E﻿ / ﻿34.47008648°N 135.81773828°E﻿ / 34.47008648; 135.81773828﻿ (Tachibana-dera Temple Site) |
| Yamada-dera Temple Site 山田寺跡 Yamadadera ato | Sakurai | Special Historic Site with well-preserved ICP wooden corridors discovered in 1982 | 34°29′03″N 135°49′48″E﻿ / ﻿34.48404558°N 135.83012668°E﻿ / 34.48404558; 135.83012668﻿ (Yamada-dera Temple Site) |
| Kawara-dera Temple Site 川原寺跡 Kawaradera ato | Asuka | Historic Site and temple complex with roof tiles that are "among the most beautiful ever made in Japan" | 34°28′21″N 135°49′03″E﻿ / ﻿34.47249006°N 135.81740826°E﻿ / 34.47249006; 135.81740826﻿ (Kawara-dera Temple Site) |
| Hinokuma-dera Temple Site 檜隈寺跡 Hinokumadera ato | Asuka | Historic Site and recipient in 686 of a thirty-year maintenance grant of a hundred households, as chronicled in Nihon Shoki | 34°27′24″N 135°48′11″E﻿ / ﻿34.456757°N 135.803116°E﻿ / 34.456757; 135.803116﻿ (Hinokuma-dera Temple Site) |
| Ishibutai Mounded Tomb 石舞台古墳 Ishibutai kofun | Asuka | C7 kofun; the largest stone weighs over seventy-five tons; Special Historic Site | 34°28′01″N 135°49′34″E﻿ / ﻿34.46686286°N 135.82612794°E﻿ / 34.46686286; 135.82612794﻿ (Ishibutai Mounded Tomb) |
| Shobuike Mounded Tomb 菖蒲池古墳 Shōbuike kofun | Kashihara | Historic Site and C7 rectangular tumulus with two sarcophagi | 34°28′21″N 135°48′28″E﻿ / ﻿34.47263012°N 135.80771678°E﻿ / 34.47263012; 135.80771678﻿ (Shobuike Mounded Tomb) |
| Kengoshizuka Mounded Tomb 牽牛子塚古墳 Kengoshizuka kofun | Asuka | Historic Site with ICP grave goods | 34°27′59″N 135°47′33″E﻿ / ﻿34.466469°N 135.792419°E﻿ / 34.466469; 135.792419﻿ (Kengoshizuka Mounded Tomb) |
| Fujiwara Palace Site 藤原宮跡 Fujiwara-kyū seki | Kashihara | Special Historic Site in the former capital | 34°30′08″N 135°48′26″E﻿ / ﻿34.50222329°N 135.80732073°E﻿ / 34.50222329; 135.80732073﻿ (Fujiwara Palace Site) |
| Daikandaiji Temple Site 大官大寺跡 Daikandaiji ato | Kashihara | Historic Site and precursor to Daian-ji | 34°29′18″N 135°49′05″E﻿ / ﻿34.48844301°N 135.81818651°E﻿ / 34.48844301; 135.81818651﻿ (Daikandaiji Temple Site) |
| Motoyakushiji Temple Site 本薬師寺跡 Moto Yakushiji ato | Kashihara | Special Historic Site and precursor to Yakushi-ji; established by Emperor Temmu for the recovery of Empress Jitō | 34°29′34″N 135°48′00″E﻿ / ﻿34.49266238°N 135.7999852°E﻿ / 34.49266238; 135.7999852﻿ (Motoyakushiji Temple Site) |
| Mounded Tomb of Emperor Temmu and Empress Jito 天武・持統天皇陵古墳 Tenmu・Jitō tennō ryō kofun | Asuka | | 34°28′08″N 135°48′28″E﻿ / ﻿34.468756°N 135.807825°E﻿ / 34.468756; 135.807825﻿ (Mounded Tomb of Emperor Temmu and Empress Jito) |
| Nakaoyama Mounded Tomb 中尾山古墳 Nakaoyama kofun | Asuka | Historic Site | 34°27′51″N 135°48′22″E﻿ / ﻿34.46422182°N 135.8059738°E﻿ / 34.46422182; 135.8059738﻿ (Nakaoyama Mounded Tomb) |
| Kitora Mounded Tomb キトラ古墳 Kitora kofun | Asuka | Special Historic Site with National Treasure wall paintings of the four directions and an astronomical chart, also recently detached | 34°27′04″N 135°48′19″E﻿ / ﻿34.4510899°N 135.80516226°E﻿ / 34.4510899; 135.80516226﻿ (Kitora Mounded Tomb) |
| Takamatsuzuka Mounded Tomb 高松塚古墳 Takamatsuzuka kofun | Asuka | Special Historic Site with National Treasure wall paintings (detached in 2007) and ICP grave goods | 34°27′44″N 135°48′22″E﻿ / ﻿34.46226847°N 135.80619935°E﻿ / 34.46226847; 135.80619935﻿ (Takamatsuzuka Mounded Tomb) |

## Previously-nominated component sites

The following sites formed part of the original submission:
| Site | Municipality | Comments | Coordinates |
| Jōrin-ji Site 定林寺跡 Jōrinji ato | Asuka | Historic Site | 34°28′01″N 135°48′46″E﻿ / ﻿34.46688944°N 135.81272012°E﻿ / 34.46688944; 135.81272012﻿ (Jōrin-ji Site) |
| Iwayayama Kofun 岩屋山古墳 Iwayayama kofun | Asuka | Historic Site | 34°27′57″N 135°47′51″E﻿ / ﻿34.46571205°N 135.79763412°E﻿ / 34.46571205; 135.79763412﻿ (Iwayayama Kofun) |
| Itabuki Palace Site 伝飛鳥板蓋宮跡 den Asuka Itabuki no miya ato | Asuka | Historic Site and one of the imperial palaces while the capital was at Asuka | 34°28′24″N 135°49′16″E﻿ / ﻿34.47337281°N 135.82100944°E﻿ / 34.47337281; 135.82100944﻿ (Itabuki Palace Site) |
| Inabuchi Palace Site 飛鳥稲淵宮殿跡 Asuka Inabuchi kyūden ato | Asuka | Historic Site | 34°27′47″N 135°49′20″E﻿ / ﻿34.46299334°N 135.82229861°E﻿ / 34.46299334; 135.82229861﻿ (Inabuchi Palace Site) |
| Marukoyama Kofun マルコ山古墳 Marukoyama kofun | Asuka | Historic Site | 34°27′39″N 135°47′26″E﻿ / ﻿34.46096019°N 135.79068029°E﻿ / 34.46096019; 135.79068029﻿ (Marukoyama Kofun) |
| Asuka Pond Workshop Site 飛鳥池工房遺跡 Asuka-ike kōbō iseki | Asuka | Historic Site and government workshop, producing items of gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as lacquerware; also a mint | 34°28′38″N 135°49′21″E﻿ / ﻿34.47728182°N 135.82244459°E﻿ / 34.47728182; 135.82244459﻿ (Asuka Pond Workshop Site) |
| Oka-dera Site 岡寺跡 Okadera ato | Asuka | Historic Site | 34°28′18″N 135°49′41″E﻿ / ﻿34.47165872°N 135.82804543°E﻿ / 34.47165872; 135.82804543﻿ (Oka-dera Site) |
| Ueyama Kofun 植山古墳 Ueyama kofun | Kashihara | Historic Site unearthed during studies to reroute the city's roads, comprising two rectangular burial mounds c.13m long with stone chambers in a hill measuring 40x27m; of different construction dates in late C6 and C7 | 34°28′35″N 135°48′14″E﻿ / ﻿34.47635104°N 135.80402341°E﻿ / 34.47635104; 135.80402341﻿ (Ueyama Kofun) |
| Maruyama Kofun 丸山古墳 Maruyama kofun | Kashihara | Historic Site investigated by William Gowland, a rectangular chamber with two sarcophagi, long corridor, and stone roof weighing in excess of a hundred tons | 34°28′36″N 135°47′53″E﻿ / ﻿34.47661917°N 135.79816017°E﻿ / 34.47661917; 135.79816017﻿ (Maruyama Kofun) |
| Fujiwara-kyō Suzaku Avenue Site 藤原京朱雀大路跡 Fujiwara-kyō seki Suzaku-ōji ato | Kashihara | Historic Site (see also Suzakumon) | 34°29′46″N 135°48′27″E﻿ / ﻿34.49613691°N 135.80745531°E﻿ / 34.49613691; 135.80745531﻿ (Fujiwara-kyō Suzaku Avenue Site) |
| Yamato Sanzan 大和三山 Yamato sanzan | Kashihara | Place of Scenic Beauty and meisho celebrated in Japanese poetry | 34°30′54″N 135°48′20″E﻿ / ﻿34.51488847°N 135.80560453°E﻿ / 34.51488847; 135.80560453﻿ (Yamato Sanzan) |