List of Historic Sites of Japan (Kumamoto)

This list is of the Historic Sites of Japan located within the Prefecture of Kumamoto.^[1]

National Historic Sites

As of 28 February 2024, forty-seven Sites have been designated as being of national significance (including one *Special Historic Site); Miike coal mine spans the prefectural borders with Fukuoka.^[2][3][4]

Site	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
*Kumamoto Castle Site 熊本城跡 Kumamoto-jō ato	Kumamoto			32°48′22″N 130°42′23″E	2	[1]
Chibusan-Obusan Kofun チブサン・オブサン古墳 Chibusan-Obusan kofun	Yamaga			33°01′50″N 130°40′03″E	1	[2]
Adaka-Kurobashi Shell Mound 阿高・黒橋貝塚 Adaka-Kurobashi kaizuka	Kumamoto			32°42′09″N 130°43′26″E	1	[3]
Idera Kofun 井寺古墳 Idera kofun	Kashima			32°45′11″N 130°46′40″E	1	[4]
Uto Castle ruins 宇土城跡 Uto-jō ato	Uto			32°40′45″N 130°38′46″E	2	[5]
Eianji Higashi Kofun - Eianji Nishi Kofun 永安寺東古墳・永安寺西古墳 Eianji Higashi kofun・Eianji Nishi kofun	Tamana			33°22′21″N 130°44′28″E	1	[6]
Kamao Kofun 釜尾古墳 Kamao kofun	Kumamoto			32°50′20″N 130°41′48″E	1	[7]
Iwabaru Kofun cluster 岩原古墳群 Iwabaru kofun cluster	Yamaga			32°59′46″N 130°40′11″E	1	[8]
Kikuchi Castle ruins 鞠智城跡 Kikuchi-jō ato	Kikuchi, Yamaga	mentioned in Shoku Nihongi in 698[5]		33°00′08″N 130°47′09″E	2	[9]
Kumamoto Domain Hosokawa Clan Cemetery 熊本藩主細川家墓所 Kumamoto-han-shu Hosokawa-ke bosho	Kumamoto	at Taishō-ji (泰勝寺)		32°47′45″N 130°41′30″E	7	[10]
Kumamoto Han Kawashiri Rice Warehouses 熊本藩川尻米蔵跡 Kumamoto-han Kawashiri kome-gura ato	Kumamoto	designation includes the sites of the Tojō Warehouse (外城蔵跡) and its moorings		32°44′19″N 130°40′43″E	6	[11]
Kumabe Clan Yakata ruins 隈部氏館跡 Kumabe-shi yakata ato	Yamaga			33°03′21″N 130°47′49″E	2	[12]
Katashida Castle ruins 堅志田城跡 Katashida-jō ato	Misato			32°37′39″N 130°47′32″E	2	[13]
Goryō Shell Mound 御領貝塚 Goryō kaizuka	Kumamoto			32°41′55″N 130°43′25″E	1	[14]
Eta Anakannon Kofun 江田穴観音古墳 Eta Anakannon kofun	Nagomi			32°58′36″N 130°36′21″E	1	[15]
Eta Funayama Kofun 江田船山古墳 Eta Funayama kofun	Nagomi	designation includes Tsukabōzu Kofun (塚坊主古墳) and Kokuzōtsuka Kofun (虚空蔵塚古墳); excavated NT artefacts from Eta Funayama Kofun are now at the Tokyo National Museum (see List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials))[6]		32°58′08″N 130°35′55″E	1	[16]
Sashiki Castle ruins 佐敷城跡 Sashiki-jō ato	Ashikita			32°18′11″N 130°30′10″E	2	[17]
Odara Kofun 小田良古墳 Odara kofun	Uki			32°38′57″N 130°29′37″E	1	[18]
Hitoyoshi Castle ruins 人吉城跡 Hitoyoshi-jō ato	Hitoyoshi			32°12′40″N 130°45′51″E	2	[19]
Suizen-ji Jōju-en 水前寺成趣園 Suizenji Jōju-en	Kumamoto	also a Place of Scenic Beauty		32°47′28″N 130°44′05″E	8	[20]
Satsuma Rebellion Sites 西南戦争遺跡 seinan sensō iseki	Gyokutō, Kumamoto			32°54′42″N 130°39′06″E	2	[21]
Ishinukinagi Cave Tomb Cluster 石貫ナギノ横穴群 Ishinukinagi no yokoana-gun	Tamana			32°58′03″N 130°33′53″E	1	[22]
Ishinuki Anakannon Cave Tombs 石貫穴観音横穴 Ishinuki Anakannon yokoana	Tamana			32°58′09″N 130°33′47″E	1	[23]
Segonkō Kofun (A) 千金甲古墳 (乙号) Segonkō kofun (otsugō)	Kumamoto			32°47′04″N 130°37′51″E	1	[24]
Segonkō Kofun (B) 千金甲古墳 (甲号) Segonkō kofun (kōgō)	Kumamoto			32°47′04″N 130°37′51″E	1	[25]
Ōmura Cave Tomb Cluster 大村横穴群 Ōmura yokoana-gun	Hitoyoshi			32°12′58″N 130°45′09″E	1	[26]
Daibō Kofun 大坊古墳 Daibō kofun	Tamana			32°56′56″N 130°34′13″E	1	[27]
Ōno-no-Iwa Kofun 大野窟古墳 Ōno-no-Iwa kofun	Hikawa			32°34′20″N 130°42′06″E	1	[28]
Tanasoko Castle ruins 棚底城跡 Tanasoko-jō ato	Amakusa			32°24′54″N 130°20′03″E	2	[29]
Chihen-ji ruins 池辺寺跡 Chihenji ato	Kumamoto			32°47′55″N 130°39′15″E	3	[30]
Tsukawara Kofun Cluster 塚原古墳群 Tsukawara kofun-gun	Kumamoto			32°41′23″N 130°44′13″E	1	[31]
Tanaka Castle ruins 田中城跡 Tanaka-jō ato	Nagomi			33°04′41″N 130°35′44″E	2	[32]
Nabeta Cave Tombs 鍋田横穴 Nabeta yokoana	Yamaga			33°01′13″N 130°40′16″E	1	[33]
Futagoyama Stone Tool Production Site 二子山石器製作遺跡 Futagoyama sekki-seisaku iseki	Kōshi			32°54′23″N 130°44′31″E	6	[34]
Yatsushiro Castle Sites 八代城跡群 Yatsushiro shiro ato	Yatsushiro	designation includes the sites of Furufumoto Castle (古麓城跡), Mugishima Castle (麦島城跡), and Yatsushiro Castle (八代城跡)		32°30′27″N 130°36′00″E	2	[35]
Tomioka Christian Memorial 富岡吉利支丹供養碑 Tomioka Kirishitan kuyōhi	Reihoku			32°30′41″N 130°02′27″E	3	[36]
Benkei-ga-ana Kofun 弁慶ヶ穴古墳 Benkeigaana kofun	Yamaga			33°01′33″N 130°41′09″E	1	[37]
Katōda Higashibaru Site 方保田東原遺跡 Katōda Higashibaru iseki	Yamaga			32°59′53″N 130°43′03″E	1	[38]
Bungo Kaidō 豊後街道 Bungo Kaidō	Aso/Ubuyama			32°58′14″N 131°13′33″E	6	[39]
Buzen Kaidō 豊前街道 Buzen Kaidō	Nankan	designation includes the sites of the Nankan Tea House (南関御茶屋跡) and Harakirizaka (腹切坂)		33°03′44″N 130°32′30″E	6	[40]
Nozu Kofun Cluster 野津古墳群 Nozu kofun-gun	Hikawa			32°33′34″N 130°41′33″E	1	[41]
Mitsui Miike Coal Mine Sites 三井三池炭鉱跡 Mitsui Miike tankō ato	Arao	designation includes the sites of Miyahara Pit (宮原坑跡) and Manda Pit (万田坑跡) and an area of Ōmuta in Fukuoka Prefecture; inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining[7]		33°00′49″N 130°27′22″E	6	[42]
Jinnouchi Castle ruins 陣ノ内城跡 Jinnouchi-jō ato	Kōsa			32°38′58″N 130°48′58″E		[43]
Yatsushiro Sea Polder Site 八代海干拓遺跡 Yatsushiro-kai kantaku iseki	Yatsushiro			32°32′00″N 130°34′49″E		[44]
Kumamoto Domain Takase Rice Warehouse Site 熊本藩高瀬米蔵跡 Kumamoto-han Takase komegura ato	Tamana			32°55′25″N 130°33′43″E	6	[45]
Todoroki Shell Mound 轟貝塚 Todoroki kaizuka	Uto			32°40′48″N 130°38′27″E	1	[46]
Kikuchi Clan Site 菊池氏遺跡 Kikuchi-shi iseki	Kikuchi					[47]

This list is complete and up to date as of February 2024.

Prefectural Historic Sites

As of 1 May 2023, seventy-nine Sites have been designated as being of prefectural importance.^[4][8][9]

Site	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
Fujio Dolmen Cluster 藤尾支石墓群 Fujio shiseki bogun	Kikuchi			32°57′11″N 130°52′04″E		for all refs see [48]
Nagaiwa Cave Tomb Cluster 長岩横穴群 Nagaiwa yokoana-gun	Yamaga			33°00′02″N 130°39′57″E
Kamimikura Kofun 上御倉古墳 Kamimikura kofun	Aso			32°59′18″N 131°07′26″E
Shimomikura Kofun 下御倉古墳 Shimomikura kofun	Aso			32°59′18″N 131°07′26″E
Nakadōri Kofun Cluster 中通古墳群 Nakadōri kofun-gun	Aso			32°57′56″N 131°06′28″E
Jō Cave Tomb Cluster 城横穴群 Jō yokoana-gun	Yamaga			33°02′20″N 130°40′28″E
Kyōgamine Cave Tomb Cluster 京ガ峰横穴群 Kyōgamine yokoana-gun	Nishiki			32°12′15″N 130°48′00″E
Jōsui-ji Site 浄水寺跡 Jōsuiji ato	Uki			32°38′23″N 130°44′27″E
Mount Shōtai Old Kiln Sites 小岱山古窯跡群 Shōtai-san koyōshi-gun	Arao
Mount Shōtai Steel Production Sites 小岱山製鉄跡群 Shōtai-san seitetsu ato-gun	Arao			32°58′39″N 130°30′51″E
Sagara Family Graves 相良家墓地 Sagaraura-ke bochi	Hitoyoshi			32°13′05″N 130°46′22″E
Ōsozō Kofun Cluster 大鼠蔵古墳群 Ōsozō kofun-gun	Yatsushiro			32°28′44″N 130°34′14″E
Myōken Jōgū Site 妙見上宮跡 Myōken Jōgū ato	Yatsushiro			32°29′06″N 130°39′35″E
Kōda Ware Hirayama Kiln Site 高田焼平山窯跡 Kōda-yaki Hirayama kama ato	Yatsushiro			32°28′08″N 130°36′32″E
Shōgo-ji Site 聖護寺跡 Shōgo-ji ato	Kikuchi			33°03′57″N 130°52′54″E
Shōkan-ji Cornerstones 正観寺の礎石群 Shōkanji no soseki-gun	Kikuchi			32°59′02″N 130°49′02″E
Mangan-ji Stone Tō and Cryptomeria 満願寺石塔群附杉群 Manganji sekitō-gun tsuketari sugimura	Minamioguni			33°04′34″N 131°05′45″E
Endai-ji Rock Buddhas 円台寺磨崖仏群 Endaiji magaibutsu-gun	Kumamoto			32°52′59″N 130°39′13″E
Urayama Cave Tomb Cluster 浦山横穴群 Urayama yokoana-gun	Kumamoto			32°49′14″N 130°44′38″E
Daiji-ji Precinct 大慈寺境内 Daijiji keidai	Kumamoto			32°44′00″N 130°41′22″E
Shōren-ji Stone Stelai 青蓮寺古塔碑群 Shōrenji kotōhi-gun	Taragi			32°16′40″N 130°56′48″E
Saian-ji Site 西安寺跡 Saianji ato	Gyokutō			32°53′32″N 130°38′09″E
Inasa Haiji Site 稲佐廃寺跡 Inasa haiji ato	Gyokutō			32°55′14″N 130°36′47″E
Kudama Castle Site 久玉城跡 Kudama-jō ato	Amakusa			32°13′17″N 130°02′00″E
Umatsuka Kofun 馬塚古墳 Umatsuka kofun	Yamaga			33°02′18″N 130°40′31″E
Tanokawachi No.1 Kofun 田川内第一号古墳 Tanokawachi daiichi-gō kofun	Yatsushiro	decorated kofun		32°26′34″N 130°35′14″E
Daiōzan Kofun No.3 大王山古墳第三号 Daiōzan kofun daisan-gō	Yatsushiro			32°32′N 130°41′E
Sakuranoue Cave Tomb Cluster 桜の上横穴群 Sakuranoue yokoana bogun	Yamaga			32°59′58″N 130°40′10″E
Mochimatsu Tsukahara Kofun 持松塚原古墳 Mochimatsu Tsukahara kofun	Yamaga			32°59′04″N 130°41′11″E
Miyazaki Brothers First Residence 宮崎兄弟の生家 Miyazaki kyōdai no seika	Arao			32°59′05″N 130°26′05″E
Tokutomi Former Residence (Ōe Gijuku Site) 徳富旧邸(大江義塾跡) Ōe Gijuku ato	Kumamoto			32°48′11″N 130°43′15″E
Ōtohana Kofun Cluster 大戸鼻古墳群 Ōtohana kofun-gun	Kami-Amakusa			32°31′30″N 130°27′31″E
Wakamiya Kofun 若宮古墳 Wakamiya kofun	Nagomi			32°58′40″N 130°36′21″E
Inariyama Kofun 稲荷山古墳 Inariyama kofun	Kumamoto			32°49′45″N 130°43′00″E
Tsukejiro Cave Tomb Cluster 付城横穴群 Tsukejiro yokoana-gun	Yamaga			33°02′20″N 130°40′28″E
Jion-ji Kyōzuka Kofun 慈恩寺経塚古墳 Jionji kyōzuka kofun	Kumamoto			32°57′23″N 130°43′06″E
Uemura Ware Kiln Site and Ash Fields 上村焼窯跡及び灰原 Uemura yaki-kama ato oyobi haihara	Asagiri
Aoki Sanskrit Inscriptions 青木磨崖梵字群 Aoki magai bonji-gun	Tamana			32°57′35″N 130°35′03″E
Mutabaru Site 無田原遺跡 Mutabaru iseki	Ōzu			32°55′47″N 130°52′39″E
Takahama Ware Kiln Site and Ash Fields 高浜焼窯跡及び灰原 Takahama-yaki kama ato oyobi haibara	Amakusa			32°23′15″N 130°02′14″E
Nagasare Kofun 長砂連古墳 Nagasare kofun	Kami-Amakusa			32°33′14″N 130°26′52″E
Kesao Takatsuka Kofun 袈裟尾高塚古墳 Kesao Takatsuka kofun	Kikuchi			32°59′30″N 130°47′46″E
Chōriki Cave No.1 長刀横穴一号 Chōriki yokoana ichi-gō	Nagomi			32°58′13″N 130°36′14″E
Kazuhara Kofun 桂原古墳 Kazuhara kofun	Uki			32°38′17″N 130°38′05″E
Narasaki Kofun 楢崎古墳 Narasaki kofun	Uto			32°40′41″N 130°41′32″E
Saizono Kofun Cluster 才園古墳群 Saizono kofun-gun	Asagiri			32°13′47″N 130°52′13″E
Oni-no-Kama Kofun 鬼の釜古墳 Oni-no-kama kofun	Asagiri			32°14′53″N 130°54′12″E
Chōmeijizaka Kofun Cluster 長明寺坂古墳群 Chōmeijizaka kofun-gun	Kikuchi			32°57′23″N 130°45′08″E
Ōda Ware Kiln Site 網田焼窯跡 Ōda-yaki kama ato	Uto			32°40′17″N 130°33′55″E
Kamezuka Kofun Cluster No.1 Tumulus 亀塚古墳群一号墳 Kamezuka kofun-gun ichi-gō fun	Nishiki			32°11′55″N 130°49′41″E
Ugadake Kofun 宇賀岳古墳 Ugadake kofun	Uki			32°39′26″N 130°40′53″E
Tsubukuro Kofun Cluster 津袋古墳群 Tsubukuro kofun-gun	Yamaga			33°00′46″N 130°45′03″E
Goryōzuka Kofun 御霊塚古墳 Goryōzuka kofun	Yamaga			33°02′02″N 130°41′25″E
Rokutan Steel Production Site 六反製鉄跡 Rokutan seitetsu ato	Tamana			32°58′42″N 130°32′45″E
Jōnohara Government Forces Cemetery 城ノ原官軍墓地 Jōnohara kangun bochi	Nankan	for those who died during the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877		33°03′46″N 130°32′32″E
Koeimachi Government Forces Cemetery 肥猪町官軍墓地 Koeimachi kangun bochi	Nankan	180 grave markers for those who died during the Satsuma Rebellion		33°02′N 130°35′E
Shimoiwa Government Forces Cemetery 下岩官軍墓地 Shimoiwa kangun bochi	Nagomi
Meitoku Government Forces Cemetery 明徳官軍墓地 Meitoku kangun bochi	Kumamoto			32°47′47″N 130°41′17″E
Jinnai Government Forces Cemetery 陣内官軍墓地 Jinnai kangun bochi	Minamata			32°12′29″N 130°24′50″E
Karimata Kofun 仮又古墳 Karimata kofun	Uto			32°40′54″N 130°38′00″E
Imaizumi Steel Production Site 今泉製鉄跡 Imaizumi seitetsu ato	Yatsushiro			32°28′12″N 130°38′26″E
Nanamoto Government Forces Cemetery 七本官軍墓地 Nanamoto kangun bochi	Kumamoto			32°54′15″N 130°39′37″E
Nishihara Steel Production Site 西原製鉄遺跡 Nishihara seitetsu iseki	Gyokutō			32°53′24″N 130°37′39″E
Ōno-no-Iwa Kofun 大野窟古墳 Ōno-no-Iwa kofun	Hikawa	in part a national Historic Site		32°34′20″N 130°42′06″E
Iwabaru Cave Tomb Cluster 岩原横穴群 Iwabaru yokoana-gun	Yamaga			32°59′47″N 130°40′09″E
Bettōzuka Kofun Cluster 別当塚古墳群 Bettōzuka kofun-gun	Arao			32°59′43″N 130°28′15″E
Shōdai Ware Kiln Sites 小代焼窯跡群 Shōdai-yaki kama ato-gun	Nankan			33°00′15″N 130°31′22″E
Tsutsujigaoka Cave Tombs つつじケ丘横穴群 Tsutsujigaoka yokoana-gun	Kumamoto			32°49′10″N 130°44′38″E
Kayanokidani Site 柏木谷遺跡 Kayanokidani iseki	Minamiaso			32°49′10″N 131°02′26″E
Shōfuku-ji Old Stelai 勝福寺古塔碑群 Shōfukuji kotō higun	Asagiri			32°16′04″N 130°53′09″E
Ōya Site 大矢遺跡 Ōya iseki	Amakusa			32°27′54″N 130°11′53″E
Tokutomi Sohō & Tokutomi Kenjirō First Residence 徳富蘇峰・蘆花生家 Tokutomi Sohō・Kenjirō seika	Minamata			32°12′43″N 130°24′08″E
Takahata-Akatate Site 高畑赤立遺跡 Takahata-Akatate iseki	Yamato			32°46′48″N 131°11′34″E
Kyōzuka-Ōtsuka Kofun Cluster 経塚・大塚古墳群 Kyōzuka-Ōtsuka kofun-gun	Tamana			32°52′28″N 130°35′14″E
Kunigoshi Kofun 国越古墳 Kunigoshi kofun	Uki			32°38′42″N 130°38′42″E
Tonkararin トンカラリン Tonkararin	Nagomi			32°58′06″N 130°36′12″E
Babakusu Ide no Hanaguri 馬場楠井手の鼻ぐり Babakusu ide no hanaguri	Kikuyō			32°51′06″N 130°49′53″E
Unganzen-ji Precinct 雲巌禅寺境内 Unganzenji keidai	Kumamoto	also a Prefectural Place of Scenic Beauty		32°49′10″N 130°37′22″E
Mangan-ji Gardens 満願寺庭園 Manganji teien	Minamioguni	also a Prefectural Place of Scenic Beauty		33°04′34″N 131°05′45″E

This list is complete and up to date as of February 2024.

Municipal Historic Sites

As of 1 May 2023, a further five hundred and fifty-three Sites have been designated as being of municipal importance.^[10]

See also

• Cultural Properties of Japan
• Kumamoto Prefectural Ancient Burial Mound Museum
• List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Kumamoto)
• List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Kumamoto)
• List of Cultural Properties of Japan - historical materials (Kumamoto)
• List of Cultural Properties of Japan - archaeological materials (Kumamoto)

References

1. "Cultural Properties for Future Generations". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
2. 史跡名勝天然記念物 [Number of Monuments of Japan by Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
3. "Database of National Cultural Properties: 史跡名勝天然記念物 (史跡, 特別史跡 熊本県 2県以上)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
4. 指定文化財数 [Number of Cultural Properties] (in Japanese). Kumamoto Prefecture. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
5. "Kikuchijoato Cultural Heritage Online" 鞠智城跡 [Kikuchi Castle Site] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
6. 肥後江田船山古墳出土品 [Excavated Artefacts from Higo Eda Funayama Kofun] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
7. "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining". UNESCO. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
8. 都道府県別指定等文化財件数（都道府県分） [Number of Prefectural Cultural Properties by Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
9. 県指定文化財 [Prefectural Cultural Properties] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kumamoto Prefecture. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
10. "都道府県別指定等文化財件数（市町村分）" [Number of Municipal Cultural Properties by Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.

External links

• (in Japanese) Cultural Properties in Kumamoto Prefecture