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Nagayamon, Akuwa Historic Site Course

Last update date April 10, 2020

Nagayamon Park, where you can explore the history and nature left in Seya, has a history experience zone centered on old private houses that retain the remnants of the Edo period, and a nature observation zone centered on forests and walking paths. This course invites you to travel through history, such as the grave of the Ando family, the lord of Akuwa, the lord of the Akuwa clan, Kumano Shrine, the oldest shrine in Seya Ward, and the Okubohara Jomon archaeological site.

Nagayamon, Akuwa Historic Site Course Map

Nagayamon, Akuwa Historic Site Course Map


Highlights of Nagayamon and Akuwa Historic Site Courses

List of highlights
Name of Historic SitesInformation
Shirahime Shrine

 In 1909 (1909), a shrine was built in Akuwa, worshiping the god of clothing of Ise Grand Shrine's outer palace, and a shrine was built in the land of Akuwa. At that time, the village was very active in sericulture and silk industry.
 After that, with the decline of the sericulture and silk industry, it was relocated to its current location in 1957 as a god of worship in the Mitsukyo district. Since then, it has been gathering faith as a god of clothing and a god of kimono.

Photograph of Shirahime Shrine

Sendano (Futatsu Bridge Park)

 In 1596 (1596), it is a place name derived from the collection of Kayasenda (one is the load of one horse) used for the roof of the Fujisawa Goten (the palace of the Tokugawa Shogunate).
 This refers to the area from Futatsu Bridge Park to Seya Public Works Office.

Photograph of Sendano (Futatsu Bridge Park)

Nagayamon Park

 There is a history experience zone and a nature observation zone, and opened in 1992 (1992).
 When you enter the Nagaya Gate built in the middle of the Meiji era, there is an old private house from the late Edo period, where the hearth, furnace, farm equipment, etc. are preserved, and you can enjoy the atmosphere of those days. In the nature observation zone, you can enjoy spring water, cedar forests, and seasonal flowers.

Photo of Nagayamon Park

Kumano Shrine

 Heian period The forest in this area is considered a sacred place, and it is said that the company was built during the North and South Dynasties. During the Edo period, the lord of Akuwa, protected and prospered, and the current shrine was built in 1873 (1873) and is decorated with numerous sculptures.
 Every year at the festival on September 19, Yudate Kagura is held by priests.

Photographs of Kumano Shrine

Grave mountain

 It is called "grave mountain" because it is the Ando family grave of the lord of Akuwa Hagimoto in the Edo period. There are tombs of the third lord, Masachin, the fourth lord, and an ancestral monument of the first lord Shoji.
 Shoji's Shode Monument states, "Shoji took a deep hand in the summer of Osaka and made his own blade at Ganshoji Temple in the Osaka Plain."

Photograph of Mount Tomb

Okubohara Jomon Site

 Fragments of pottery have been discovered on this plateau for a long time, and pottery pots from the late Jomon period have been excavated in the early Showa era.
 This archeological site was registered with the Agency for Cultural Affairs and was named the Okubohara Jomon Site. Excavations were conducted by members of the "Seya Ward History Society" and volunteers from March 1977, and pottery from the middle and late Jomon period dwellings were confirmed.

Photographs of Okubohara Jomon Site


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