List of Historic Sites of Japan (Yamaguchi)

As of 1 July 2019, forty-three Sites have been designated as being of national significance.^{[2][3] [4]}

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Site	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
Ayaragigō Site 綾羅木郷遺跡 Ayaragigō iseki	Shimonoseki	Yayoi period settlement trace		34°00′45″N 130°55′28″E	1	2435
Itō Hirobumi former residence 伊藤博文旧宅 Itō Hirobumi kyū-taku	Hagi, Yamaguchi	Edo Period residence		34°24′40″N 131°25′05″E	8	2396
Kajikurihama Site 梶栗浜遺跡 Kajikurihama iseki	Shimonoseki	Yayoi period cemetery		34°01′00″N 130°55′23″E	1	2438
Yoshida Shōin Imprisonment Site 吉田松陰幽囚の旧宅 Yoshida Shōin yūshū kyū-taku	Hagi			34°24′44″N 131°25′04″E	8
Former Hagi Domain Boat Shed 旧萩藩御船倉 kyū-Hagi-han ofunagura	Hagi, Yamaguchi	Edo period structure		34°25′14″N 131°24′04″E	6	2413
Former Hagi Domain School - Meirinkan 旧萩藩校明倫館 kyū-Hagi-hankō Meirinkan	Hagi	han school		34°24′33″N 131°23′56″E	4
Mishima Jiikonbo Kofun Cluster 見島ジーコンボ古墳群 Mishima Jiikonbo kofun-gun	Hagi	Nara period cemetery		34°45′49″N 131°09′35″E	1	2443
Takasugi Shinsaku grave 高杉晋作墓 Takasugi Shinsaku no haka	Shimonoseki	Bakumatsu period patriot grave		34°05′08″N 131°04′18″E	7	2401
Saba River Sekimizu ruins 佐波川関水 Saba-gawa sekimizu	Yamaguchi	Kamakura period weir on the Sabagawa River		34°16′14″N 131°39′25″E	6	2416
Suō Kokubun-ji ruins 周防国分寺旧境内 Suō Kokubunji kyū-keidai	Hōfu	Nara period provincial temple of Suō Province		34°03′42″N 131°34′46″E	3	2429
Suō Provincial Capital ruins 周防国衙跡 Suō Kokuga ato	Hōfu	Nara period kokufu of Suō Province		34°03′28″N 131°35′11″E	2	2415
Suō Mint ruins 周防鋳銭司跡 Suō no juzenji ato	Yamaguchi	Heian period industrial site		34°05′10″N 131°26′39″E	6	2437
Suō-nada Sluice Sites 周防灘干拓遺跡 Suō-nada kantaku iseki	San'yō-Onoda, Yamaguchi			33°59′50″N 131°09′59″E	6
Shōkasonjuku Academy 松下村塾 Shōkasonjuku	Hagi	run by Yoshida Shōin; inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining[5]		34°24′44″N 131°25′02″E	4
Jōei-ji Gardens 常栄寺庭園 Jōeiji teien	Yamaguchi	Muromachi period Japanese garden; also a Place of Scenic Beauty		34°11′54″N 131°29′22″E	8	2376
Jinbayama Kofun 仁馬山古墳 Jinbayama kofun	Shimonoseki	Kofun period tumulus		34°00′50″N 130°56′33″E	1	2445
Ōmijima Whale Grave 青海島鯨墓 Ōmijima kujira haka	Nagato			34°25′28″N 34°25′28″E	6, 7	2408
Iwakisan Kōgoishi ruins 石城山神籠石 Iwakisan Kōgoishi	Hikari	Asuka period fortification		33°59′14″N 132°02′15″E	1	2405
Murata Seifū former residence and grave 村田清風旧宅および墓 Murata Seifū kyū-taku oyobi haka	Nagato	Bakumatsu period reformer		34°22′10″N 131°12′53″E	7, 8	2418
Ōmura Masujirō grave 大村益次郎墓 Ōmura Masujirō no haka	Yamaguchi	Bakumatsu period patriot grave		34°04′44″N 131°27′56″E	7	2406
Ōuchi clan residence and Ryōun-ji ruins 大内氏遺跡附凌雲寺跡 Ōuchi-shi iseki tsuketari Ryōunji ato	Yamaguchi	Kofun period tumulus		34°11′04″N 131°28′47″E	2, 3	2431
Dainichi Kofun 大日古墳 Dainichi kofun	Hōfu	Kofun period tumulus		34°04′20″N 131°32′51″E	1	2424
Ōhibi Natsumikan 大日比ナツミカン原樹 Ōhibi natsumikan genju	Nagato	also a Natural Monument		34°24′45″N 131°12′27″E	6
Yanai Chausuyama Kofun 茶臼山古墳 Yanai Chausuyama kofun	Yanai	Kofun period tumulus		33°57′55″N 132°07′44″E	1	2423
Nakayama Tadamitsu grave 中山忠光墓 Nakayama Tadamitsu no haka	Shimonoseki	Bakumatsu period patriot grave		34°00′25″N 130°55′05″E	7	2419
Asada Tumulus Cluster 朝田墳墓群 Asada funbogun	Yamaguchi	Yayoi period tumuli cluster		34°09′17″N 131°25′56″E	1	2441
Chōshū Domain Shimonoseki Maeda Battery Site 長州藩下関前田台場跡 Chōshū-han Shimonoseki Maeda daiba ato	Shimonoseki	the lower battery was captured during the Shimonoseki Campaign (photograph by Felice Beato)		33°58′27″N 130°58′17″E	2
Naganobori Copper Mine site 長登銅山跡 Naganobori dōzan ato	Mine			34°14′40″N 131°20′10″E	6	3368
Nagato Mint 長門鋳銭所跡 Nagato no juzensho ato	Shimonoseki	Nara period industrial site		34°00′01″N 130°58′57″E	6	2391
Doigahama Site 土井ヶ浜遺跡 Doigahama iseki	Shimonoseki	Yayoi period necropolis		34°17′37″N 130°53′09″E	6	2433
Suenosue Kiln ruins 陶陶窯跡 Suenosue kama ato	Yamaguchi	Heian period industrial site		34°05′57″N 131°25′14″E	6	2422
Hagi Road 萩往還 Hagi ōkan	Yamaguchi, Hagi, Hōfu			34°02′36″N 131°34′25″E	6
Hagi Castle Town 萩城城下町 Hagi-jō jōkamachi	Hagi	inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining;[5] see also Groups of Traditional Buildings		34°24′43″N 131°23′38″E	2, 6
Hagi Castle ruins 萩城跡 Hagi-jō ato	Hagi, Yamaguchi	Edo period castle inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining[5]		34°25′03″N 131°22′57″E	2	2425
Hagi Reverberatory Furnace 萩反射炉 Hagi hansharo	Hagi, Yamaguchi	Bakumatsu Period industrial site inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining[5]		34°25′43″N 131°25′06″E	6	2373
Hagi Domain Mōri clan cemeteries 萩藩主毛利家墓所 Hagi-han-shu Mōri-ke bosho	Hagi, Yamaguchi	at the former Tenju-in (天樹院), Daishō-in (大照院), and Tōkō-ji (東光寺) in Hagi and Rurikō-ji (瑠璃光寺) in Yamaguchi[6]		34°23′41″N 131°23′28″E	7
Shirasu Tatara Ironworks ruins 白須たたら製鉄遺跡 Shirasu tatara seitetsu iseki	Abu	Edo period industrial ruins		34°35′09″N 131°35′25″E	6	2440
Shikiyama Castle ruins 敷山城跡 Shikiyama-jo ato	Hōfu	Nanboku-cho period castle ruins		34°04′56″N 131°35′43″E	2	2404
Kido Takayoshi former residence 木戸孝允旧宅 Kido Takayoshi kyū-taku	Hagi, Yamaguchi	Edo Period residence		34°24′44″N 131°23′41″E	8	2395
Notani Stone Bath ruins 野谷石風呂 Notani no ishiburo	Yamaguchi	Kamakura period steam bath ruins		34°17′02″N 131°39′00″E	5	2407
Ohitayama Tatara Iron Works ruins 大板山たたら製鉄遺跡 Ōitayama tatara seitetsu iseki	Hagi, Yamaguchi	Bakumatsu period industrial site		34°24′29″N 131°23′57″E	6	3762
Ebisugahana Shipyard site 恵美須ヶ鼻造船所跡 Ebisugahana zōsenjo ato	Hagi, Yamaguchi	Bakumatsu period industrial site		34°25′51″N 131°24′44″E	6	3719
Katsuyama Goten ruins 勝山御殿跡 Katsuyama goten ato	Shimonoseki			34°01′19″N 130°58′24″E	20	00004061

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As of 1 May 2018, thirty-one Sites have been designated as being of prefectural importance.^[7][8]

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Site	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
Nakanohama Site 中ノ浜遺跡 Nakanohama iseki	Shimonoseki			34°09′20″N 130°54′58″E
Kuroiichinosei Ichirizuka 黒井一ノ瀬一里塚 Kuroiichinosei ichirizuka	Shimonoseki			34°06′15″N 130°55′18″E
Chōfu Domain Mōri Clan Graves 長府藩主毛利家墓所 Chōfu-han-shu Mōri-ke bosho	Shimonoseki	at Kōzan-ji, Shōzan-ji (笑山寺), Kakuon-ji (覚苑寺), and Sengaku-ji (泉岳寺)		33°59′46″N 130°58′55″E
Shōei-ji Earthworks and Former Precinct 勝栄寺土塁及び旧境内 Shōeiji dorui oyobi kyū-keidai	Shūnan			34°04′14″N 131°45′58″E
Wakayama Castle Site 若山城跡 Wakayama-jō ato	Shūnan			34°04′14″N 131°45′58″E
Chōon Cave 潮音洞 Chōon-dō	Shūnan			34°14′07″N 131°48′54″E
Shimofuri Castle Site 霜降城跡 Shimofuri-jō ato	Ube			34°00′58″N 131°15′28″E
Aratakisan Castle Site 荒滝山城跡 Aratakisan-jō ato	Ube			34°09′11″N 131°17′49″E
Ōuchihikami Kofun 大内氷上古墳 Ōuchihikami kofun	Yamaguchi			34°09′56″N 131°29′50″E
Momotani Kiln Site 百谷窯跡 Momotani kama ato	Yamaguchi			34°06′12″N 131°24′45″E
Onoda Cement Tokkuri Kiln 小野田セメント徳利窯 Onoda semento tokkuri-gama	Sanyō-Onoda			33°58′36″N 131°10′23″E
Chōkōjiyama Kofun 長光寺山古墳 Chōkōjiyama kofun	Sanyō-Onoda			34°02′45″N 131°08′54″E
Iwakuni Domain Kikkawa Clan Graves 岩国藩主吉川家墓所 Iwakuni-han-shu Kikkawa-ke bosho	Iwakuni			34°10′08″N 132°10′22″E
Nakanokawayama Ichirizuka 中ノ川山一里塚 Nakanokawayama ichirizuka	Iwakuni			34°18′03″N 132°03′31″E
Jingayama Kofun 神花山古墳 Jingayama kofun	Hirao			33°54′39″N 132°03′30″E
Shiratori Kofun 白鳥古墳付陪塚及び周濠 Shiratori kofun tsuketari baizuka oyobi shūgō	Hirao			33°53′50″N 132°04′45″E
Iwata Site 岩田遺跡 Iwata iseki	Hirao			33°53′38″N 132°04′48″E
Kunimori Kofun 国森古墳 Kunimori kofun	Tabuse			33°57′31″N 132°01′24″E
Goi Kofun 後井古墳 Goi kofun	Tabuse			33°57′42″N 132°01′40″E
Suebara Kiln Sites 末原窯跡群 Suebara kama ato-gun	Mine			34°17′34″N 131°20′27″E
Susa-Karatsu Old Kiln Sites 須佐唐津古窯跡群 Susa-Karatsu ko-yōseki-gun	Hagi			34°35′35″N 131°37′11″E
Anakannon Kofun 穴観音古墳 Anakannon kofun	Hagi			34°27′49″N 131°36′15″E
Hagi Ware Old Kiln Sites 萩焼古窯跡群 Hagi-yaki ko-yōseki-gun	Hagi			34°25′07″N 131°26′01″E
Oku-Abu Saiban Site 奥阿武宰判勘場跡 Oku-Abu Saiban kanba ato	Hagi			34°26′38″N 131°35′24″E
Ōuchi Yoshitaka Chief Retainer Grave Site 大内義隆主従の墓所 Ōuchi Yoshitaka shujū no bosho	Nagato	in the grounds of Tainei-ji (大寧寺)		34°19′41″N 131°09′47″E
Hekitaoyama Sue Ware Kiln Site 日置峠山の須恵器窯跡 Hekitaoyama no Sue-ki kama ato	Nagato			34°22′57″N 131°05′08″E
Tainei-ji Precinct 大寧寺境内 Taineiji keidai	Nagato			34°19′42″N 131°09′46″E
Hagi Ware Fukagawa Old Kiln Sites 萩焼深川古窯跡群 Hagi-yaki Fukagawa ko-yōseki-gun	Nagato			34°19′13″N 131°10′31″E
Hōfu Tenman-gū Daisenbō Site 防府天満宮大専坊跡 Hōfu Tenmangū Daisenbō ato	Hōfu			34°03′48″N 131°34′27″E
Nun Nomura Motoni House and Grave 野村望東尼終焉の宅及び宅跡並びに墓 Nomura Mōtōni shūen no taku oyobi taku ato narabini haka	Hōfu			34°02′44″N 131°33′50″E
Ōyama Jinja Sutra Mound 御山神社経塚 Ōyama Jinja kyōzuka	Abu			34°34′49″N 131°33′33″E

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As of 1 May 2018, a further one hundred and thirty-five Sites have been designated as being of municipal importance.^[9]

• Cultural Properties of Japan
• Suō Province
• Nagato Province
• Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum
• List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Yamaguchi)
• List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Yamaguchi)