About Asuka Fujiwara

Asuka-Fujiwara Journeys

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Model Course

  • Asuka Station

    20 minutes by bus
    3.4km

  • Complex of Man’yo Culture

    2 minutes on foot
    190m

  • Sakafuneishi Ritual Site

    5 minutes on foot
    450m

  • Asuka Palace Site

    4 minutes on foot
    350m

  • Asuka Pond Garden Site

    8 minutes on foot
    700m

  • Asuka-dera Temple Site

    5 minutes on foot
    450m

  • Asuka Water Clock Site

    30 minutes on foot
    2.5km

  • Fujiwara Palace Site

    20 minutes by bus
    2.5km

  • Kintetsu Yamato Yagi Station

Learn more about Asuka and Fujiwara

  • Fujiwara Palace Site Exhibition Room, Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties

    This room systematically displays pottery, tiles, and other artifacts from the Fujiwara Palace and Fujiwara-kyo, that were researched by the Excavation and Research Department of the Tojō (capital city), Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties.

  • Nara Prefecture Complex of Man’yo Culture

    This museum is based on the theme of the Man’yo-shu (The Anthology of Myriad Leaves). There are exhibits that allow visitors to experience the world of Man’yo-shu, and in the garden, there is a restored exhibit of the Asuka Ike Kobo Ruins.

  • Asuka Village Buried Cultural Properties Exhibition Room

    The excavated artifacts excavated by Asuka Village are exhibited in a building used as a former elementary school. Visitors can enjoy the real thing in a retro atmosphere.

  • The Museum, of the Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture

    The museum exhibits many archaeological artifacts from the Asuka-Fujiwara areas, as well as the Kashihara Ruins and Fujinoki Kofun Tumulus, in Nara Prefecture.

  • Takamatsuzuka Mural Hall

    Located right next to the Takamatsuzuka mound tomb, the museum features an elaborate reproduction of the original wall paintings and a full-size model of the stone chamber to recreate the realistic conditions of the original discovery.

  • Asuka Historical Museum, Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties

    Earthenware and roof tiles excavated in the Asuka area, as well as the east-facing corridor of Yamada-dera Temple, are on display. Stone structures such as turtle stones have been restored in the garden.

  • Sakurai City Center for Archaeological Operations

    This center exhibits artifacts excavated from the Asuka-Fujiwara-kyo periods, as well as from the Makimuku site and kofun tumuli (burial mounds).

  • ujiwara-kyo Capital reference room of Kashihara City

    The reference room introduces the fascination of the Fujiwara-kyo Palace through a large-scale model, computer graphics images, and various artifacts excavated during excavation surveys.

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