Ancient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara

Seventeen of the nineteen component sites have been designated for protection under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties as Historic Sites or *Special Historic Sites ("ACA" column below).

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UNESCO ID[5]	Site	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	ACA
1757-001	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][6]		34°28′24″N 135°49′16″E
1757-002	Asuka Pond Garden Site 飛鳥京跡苑池 Asuka-kyō ato enchi	Asuka	also a 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][7]		34°28′30″N 135°49′07″E
1757-003	Asuka Water Clock Site 飛鳥水落遺跡 Asuka mizuochi iseki	Asuka			34°28′49″N 135°49′06″E
1757-004	Sakafuneishi Ritual Site 酒船石遺跡 Sakafune-ishi iseki	Asuka			34°28′32″N 135°49′24″E
1757-005	Asuka-dera Temple Site 飛鳥寺跡 Asukadera ato	Asuka			34°28′43″N 135°49′14″E
1757-006	Tachibana-dera Temple Site 橘寺跡 Tachibanadera ato	Asuka			34°28′12″N 135°49′04″E
1757-007	*Yamada-dera Temple Site 山田寺跡 Yamadadera ato	Sakurai	with well-preserved ICP wooden corridors discovered in 1982[8][9]		34°29′03″N 135°49′48″E
1757-008	Kawara-dera Temple Site 川原寺跡 Kawaradera ato	Asuka	temple complex with roof tiles that are "among the most beautiful ever made in Japan"[10]		34°28′21″N 135°49′03″E
1757-009	Hinokuma-dera Temple Site 檜隈寺跡 Hinokumadera ato	Asuka	recipient in 686 of a thirty-year maintenance grant of a hundred households, as chronicled in Nihon Shoki[11][12]		34°27′24″N 135°48′11″E
1757-010	*Ishibutai Mounded Tomb 石舞台古墳 Ishibutai kofun	Asuka	C7 kofun; the largest stone weighs over seventy-five tons;[13]		34°28′01″N 135°49′34″E
1757-011	Shobuike Mounded Tomb 菖蒲池古墳 Shōbuike kofun	Kashihara	C7 rectangular tumulus with two sarcophagi[14]		34°28′21″N 135°48′28″E
1757-012	Kengoshizuka Mounded Tomb 牽牛子塚古墳 Kengoshizuka kofun	Asuka	with ICP grave goods[15]		34°27′59″N 135°47′33″E
1757-013	*Fujiwara Palace Site 藤原宮跡 Fujiwara-kyū seki	Kashihara	in the former capital		34°30′08″N 135°48′26″E
1757-014	Daikandaiji Temple Site 大官大寺跡 Daikandaiji ato	Kashihara	precursor to Daian-ji[10]		34°29′18″N 135°49′05″E
1757-015	*Motoyakushiji Temple Site 本薬師寺跡 Moto Yakushiji ato	Kashihara	precursor to Yakushi-ji; established by Emperor Temmu for the recovery of Empress Jitō[10][16]		34°29′34″N 135°48′00″E
1757-016	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
1757-017	Nakaoyama Mounded Tomb 中尾山古墳 Nakaoyama kofun	Asuka			34°27′51″N 135°48′22″E
1757-018	*Kitora Mounded Tomb キトラ古墳 Kitora kofun	Asuka	with National Treasure wall paintings of the four directions and an astronomical chart, now detached[17][18]		34°27′04″N 135°48′19″E
1757-019	*Takamatsuzuka Mounded Tomb 高松塚古墳 Takamatsuzuka kofun	Asuka	with National Treasure wall paintings (detached in 2007) and ICP grave goods[19][20][17]		34°27′44″N 135°48′22″E

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In 2007, twenty-eight sites were submitted jointly for future inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List as "Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological sites of Japan's Ancient Capitals and Related Properties", under criteria ii, iii, iv, v, and vi.^[21][22] The number of component sites in the nominated property was subsequently reduced to nineteen.^[6][23][24] The following sites formed part of the original submission:^[22]

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Site	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates
Jōrin-ji Site 定林寺跡 Jōrinji ato	Asuka	Historic Site[25]		34°28′01″N 135°48′46″E
Iwayayama Kofun 岩屋山古墳 Iwayayama kofun	Asuka	Historic Site[26]		34°27′57″N 135°47′51″E
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[27]		34°28′24″N 135°49′16″E
Inabuchi Palace Site 飛鳥稲淵宮殿跡 Asuka Inabuchi kyūden ato	Asuka	Historic Site[28]		34°27′47″N 135°49′20″E
Marukoyama Kofun マルコ山古墳 Marukoyama kofun	Asuka	Historic Site[29]		34°27′39″N 135°47′26″E
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[30][31]		34°28′38″N 135°49′21″E
Oka-dera Site 岡寺跡 Okadera ato	Asuka	Historic Site[32][33]		34°28′18″N 135°49′41″E
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][35]		34°28′35″N 135°48′14″E
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[36][37]		34°28′36″N 135°47′53″E
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)[38]		34°29′46″N 135°48′27″E
Yamato Sanzan 大和三山 Yamato sanzan	Kashihara	Place of Scenic Beauty and meisho celebrated in Japanese poetry[39]		34°30′54″N 135°48′20″E

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• Asuka period
• List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials)
• List of World Heritage Sites in Japan