As of 1 February 2015, twenty-five sites have been designated as being of national significance (including two *Special Historic Sites); the Joseon Mission Sites span the prefectural borders with Okayama and also include an area of Shizuoka.[2][3][4]
| Site | Municipality | Comments | Image | Coordinates | Type | Ref. |
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*Itsukushima
{{nihongo2|厳島}}
Itsukushima | Hatsukaichi | island home of the Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage Site; also a Special Place of Scenic Beauty[5] (see List of National Treasures of Japan (Shrines)) | 34.27116774|N|132.30612348|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Itsukushima}} | 2, 3 | |
*Renjuku and Kan Chazan Former Residence
{{nihongo2|廉塾ならびに菅茶山旧宅}}
Renjuku narabani Kansazan kyū-taku | Fukuyama | 34.54465901|N|133.38456683|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Renjuku and Kan Chazan Former Residence}} | 4, 8 | |
Aki Kokubunji Site
{{nihongo2|安芸国分寺跡}}
Aki Kokubunji ato | Higashihiroshima | provincial temple of Aki Province | 34.43445986|N|132.74958787|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Aki Kokubunji Site}} | 3 | |
Ichinomiya
{{nihongo2|一宮 (桜山慈俊挙兵伝説地)}}
Ichinomiya (Sakurayama Koretoshi kyōhei den setsuchi) | Fukuyama | Kibitsu Jinja|吉備津神社}}, ichinomiya of Bingo Province; the legendary army raising ground of {{nihongo|Sakurayama Koretoshi|桜山茲俊}} in 1331, featured in the Taiheiki[6] | 34.56917352|N|133.27149428|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Bingo Ichinomiya}} | 8 | |
Yokomi Haiji Site
{{nihongo2|横見廃寺跡}}
Yokomi Haiji ato | Mihara | 34.40749072|N|132.96858572|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Yokomi Haiji Site}} | 3 | |
Hanazono Site
{{nihongo2|花園遺跡}}
Hanazono iseki | Miyoshi | 34.79738865|N|132.85937502|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Hanazono Site}} | 1 | |
Yosekuraiwakage Site
{{nihongo2|寄倉岩陰遺跡}}
Yosekuraiwakage iseki | Shōbara | Jōmon site in the Taishaku Valley[7] | 34.86997874|N|133.20497182|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Yosekuraiwakage Site}} | 1 | |
Kikkawa Clan Fortified Residence Sites
{{nihongo2|吉川氏城館跡}}
Kikkawa-shi jōkan ato | Kitahiroshima | Surugamaru Castle|駿河丸城跡}}, {{nihongo|Ogurayama Castle|小倉山城跡}}, {{nihongo|Hinoyama Castle|日山城跡}}, and the {{nihongo|Kikkawa Motoharu Fortified Residence|吉川元春館跡}} (pictured) | 34.77116553|N|132.49709809|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kikkawa Clan Fortified Residence Sites}} | 2, 3, 7 | |
Miyanomae Haiji Site
{{nihongo2|宮の前廃寺跡}}
Miyanomae Haiji ato | Fukuyama | 34.50952812|N|133.39626619|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Miyanomae Haiji Site}} | 3 | |
Kagamiyama Castle Site
{{nihongo2|鏡山城跡}}
Kagamiyama-jō ato | Higashihiroshima | 34.40401768|N|132.72761886|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kagamiyama Castle Site}} | 2 | |
Genbaku Dome
{{nihongo2|原爆ドーム (旧広島県産業奨励館)}}
Genbaku dōmu | Hiroshima | former Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall; UNESCO World Heritage Site[8] | 34.39564667|N|132.45368502|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Genbaku Dome}} | 2 | |
Mitoshiro Kofun
{{nihongo2|御年代古墳}}
Mitoshiro kofun | Mihara | 34.39769694|N|132.94639674|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Mitoshiro Kofun}} | 1 | |
Hiroshima Castle Site
{{nihongo2|広島城跡}}
Hiroshima-jō ato | Hiroshima | 34.4016373|N|132.45948944|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Hiroshima Castle Site}} | 2 | |
Mitsujō Kofun
{{nihongo2|三ツ城古墳}}
Mitsujō kofun | Higashihiroshima | 34.41647427|N|132.7340707|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Mitsujō Kofun}} | 1 | |
Teramachi Haiji Site
{{nihongo2|寺町廃寺}}
Teramachi Haiji ato | Miyoshi | 34.79420563|N|132.92778823|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Teramachi Haiji Site}} | 3 | |
Kobayakawa Clan Castle Sites
{{nihongo2|小早川氏城跡}}
Kobayakawa-shi shiro ato | Mihara | Takayama Castle|高山城跡}}, {{nihongo|Niitakayama Castle|新高山城跡}}, and Mihara Castle (pictured) | 34.41828233|N|132.98373031|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kobayakawa Clan Castle Sites}} | 2 | |
Jōrakuji-Nanatsuzuka Kofun Cluster
{{nihongo2|浄楽寺・七ツ塚古墳群}}
Jōrakuji-Nanatsuzuka kofun-gun | Miyoshi | 34.7675899|N|132.90083493|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Jōrakuji-Nanatsuzuka Kofun Cluster}} | 1 | |
Jinyama Tumulus Cluster
{{nihongo2|陣山墳墓群}}
Jinyama funbo-gun | Miyoshi | 34.78893386|N|132.90797399|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Jinyama Tumulus Cluster}} | 1 | |
Nakaoda Kofun Cluster
{{nihongo2|中小田古墳群}}
Nakaoda kofun-gun | Hiroshima | 34.44696186|N|132.49439191|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Nakaoda Kofun Cluster}} | 1 | |
Futagozuka Kofun
{{nihongo2|二子塚古墳}}
Futagozuka kofun | Higashihiroshima | 34.5534732|N|133.31232843|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Futagozuka Kofun}} | 1 | |
Fukuyama Castle Site
{{nihongo2|福山城跡}}
Fukuyama-jō ato | Fukuyama | 34.49062941|N|133.36108448|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Fukuyama Castle Site}} | 2 | |
Mōri Clan Castle Sites
{{nihongo2|毛利氏城跡}}
Mōri-shi shiro ato | Akitakata | Tajihisarugake Castle|多治比猿掛城跡}} and {{nihongo|Kōriyama Castle|郡山城跡}} (pictured) | 34.67215835|N|132.70921886|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Mōri Clan Castle Sites}} | 2 | |
Yadani Kofun
{{nihongo2|矢谷古墳}}
Yadani kofun | Miyoshi | 34.78626275|N|132.88094241|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Yadani Kofun}} | 1 | |
Rai Sanyō Residence
{{nihongo2|頼山陽居室}}
Rai Sanyō kyoshitsu | Hiroshima | Rai Sanyō Shiseki Museum|頼山陽史跡資料館}} | 34.39130212|N|132.45724565|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Rai Sanyō Residence}} | 8 | |
Joseon Mission Sites
{{nihongo2|朝鮮通信使遺跡}}
Chōsen tsushinshi iseki | Fukuyama | Fukuzen-ji|福禅寺}}, {{nihongo|Honren-ji|本蓮寺}} in Setouchi, Okayama Prefecture, and {{nihongo|Seiken-ji|清見寺}} in Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture | 34.383078|N|133.383361|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Joseon Mission Sites}} | 9 | |
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{{Complete list|date=February 2015}}As of 21 August 2014, one hundred and twenty-five sites have been designated as being of prefectural importance.[4][9]
| Site | Municipality | Comments | Image | Coordinates | Type | Ref. |
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Kabutoyama Kofun
{{nihongo2|兜山古墳}}
Kabutoyama kofun | Mihara | 34.402354|N|133.009042|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kabutoyama Kofun}} | |
Yano Castle Site
{{nihongo2|矢野城跡}}
Yano-jō ato | Hiroshima | 34.331559|N|132.542182|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Yano Castle Site}} | |
Himetani Ware Kiln Site
{{nihongo2|姫谷焼窯跡}}
Himetani-yaki kama ato | Fukuyama | 34.629732|N|133.314468|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Himetani Ware Kiln Site}} | |
Isonomiya
{{nihongo2|磯宮}}
Isonomiya | Takehara | 34.341887|N|132.915039|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Isonomiya}} | |
Raikyō Heiyaku Residence
{{nihongo2|頼杏坪役宅}}
Raikyō Heiyaku taku | Miyoshi | 34.812568|N|132.845349|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Raikyō Heiyaku Residence}} | |
Miyoshi Shazō
{{nihongo2|三次社倉}}
Miyoshi Shazō | Miyoshi | 34.812198|N|132.845156|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Miyoshi Shazō}} | |
Kōtokuji Kofun
{{nihongo2|康徳寺古墳}}
Kōtokuji kofun | Sera | 34.588449|N|133.032318|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kōtokuji Kofun}} | |
Kumano Ancient Pottery Kiln Site
{{nihongo2|熊野の古代土器窯跡}}
Kumano no kodai doki kama ato | Fukuyama | 34.433695|N|133.333487|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kumano Ancient Pottery Kiln Site}} | |
Manpuku-ji Site
{{nihongo2|万福寺跡}}
Manpukuji ato | Sera | 34.590877|N|133.013764|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Manpukuji Site}} | |
Sennose Joseon Mission Resthouse Site
{{nihongo2|三ノ瀬朝鮮信使宿館跡}}
Sannose Chōsen shinshi shukukan ato | Kure | 34.190117|N|132.683205|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Sennose Joseon Mission Resthouse Site}} | |
Kamagari Guardhouse Site
{{nihongo2|蒲刈島御番所跡}}
Kamagari-jima go-bansho ato | Kure | 34.188396|N|132.684117|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kamagari Guardhouse Site}} | |
Sannose Honjin Site
{{nihongo2|三ノ瀬御本陣跡}}
Sannose o honjin ato | Kure | 34.188156|N|132.684064|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Sannose Honjin Site}} | |
Tomo Seven Exiled Nobles Site
{{nihongo2|鞆七卿落遺跡}}
Tomo shichi kyō-ochi iseki | Fukuyama | 34.383100|N|133.380874|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Tomo Seven Exiled Nobles Site}} | |
Mitarai Seven Exiled Nobles Site
{{nihongo2|御手洗七卿落遺跡}}
Mitarai shichi kyō-ochi iseki | Kure | 34.179677|N|132.866224|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Mitarai Seven Exiled Nobles Site}} | |
Waka-Ebisuya Site
{{nihongo2|若胡子屋跡}}
Waka-Ebisu-ya ato | Kure | 34.179206|N|132.866352|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Waka-Ebisuya Site}} | |
Hiraga Gennai Seishi
{{nihongo2|平賀源内生祠}}
Hiraga Gennai seishi | Fukuyama | seishi are small shrines erected during the honorand's lifetime | 34.382400|N|133.377246|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Hiraga Gennai seishi}} | |
Kan Chazan Grave
{{nihongo2|菅茶山之墓}}
Kan Chazan no haka | Fukuyama | 34.539618|N|133.385129|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kan Chazan Grave}} | |
Rai Family Grave
{{nihongo2|頼家之墓}}
Rai-ke no haka | Hiroshima | 34.387702|N|132.473626|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Rai Family Grave}} | |
Shōmoku-ji Site
{{nihongo2|青目寺跡}}
Shōmokuji ato | Fuchū | 34.593791|N|133.237628|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Shōmokuji Site}} | |
Government Cotton Spinning Factory Site
{{nihongo2|官立綿糸紡績工場跡}}
kanritsu menshi bōseki kōjō ato | Hiroshima | 34.411969|N|132.626583|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Government Cotton Spinning Factory Site}} | |
Seishin-ji Jōgahara Stone Tō
{{nihongo2|棲真寺定ケ原石塔}}
Seishinji Jōgahara seki-tō | Mihara | 34.459149|N|132.942257|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Seishinji Jōgahara Stone Tō}} | |
Mōri Motonari Legendary Birthplace (Suzuo Castle Site)
{{nihongo2|毛利元就誕生伝説地（鈴尾城跡）}}
Mōri Motonari tanjō densetsu-chi (Suzuo-jō ato) | Akitakata | 34.634074|N|132.668542|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Mōri Motonari Legendary Birthplace (Suzuo Castle Site)}} | |
Mount Hiba Place of Legend
{{nihongo2|比婆山伝説地}}
Hiba-yama densetsu-chi | Shōbara | associated with the Mount Hiba that was the burial place of Izanami-no-Mikoto according to the Kojiki | 35.067335|N|133.055181|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Mount Hiba Place of Legend}} | |
Kameyama Yayoi Site
{{nihongo2|亀山弥生式遺跡}}
Kameyama Yayoi-shiki iseki | Fukuyama | 34.557269|N|133.362545|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kameyama Yayoi Site}} | |
Arifuku Castle Site
{{nihongo2|有福城跡}}
Arifuku-jō ato | Fuchū | 34.713959|N|133.114824|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Arifuku Castle Site}} | |
Tenryō Jōge Daikansho Site
{{nihongo2|天領上下代官所跡}}
Tenryō Jōge daikansho ato | Fuchū | 34.694016|N|133.122255|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Tenryō Jōge Daikansho Site}} | |
Hisagoyama Kofun
{{nihongo2|瓢山古墳}}
Hisagoyama kofun | Shōbara | 34.860178|N|133.023545|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Hisagoyama Kofun}} | |
Yoshidera Haiji Site
{{nihongo2|吉寺廃寺跡}}
Yoshidera haiji ato | Miyoshi | 34.716763|N|132.992244|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Yoshidera Haiji Site}} | |
Ueda Konbai Grave
{{nihongo2|植田艮背之墓}}
Ueda Konbai no haka | Hiroshima | Tamon-in|多聞院}} | 34.386787|N|132.471615|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Ueda Konbai Grave}} | |
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As of 1 May 2014, a further three hundred and forty-nine sites have been designated as being of municipal importance.[10]
{{Historic Sites of Japan}}1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bunka.go.jp/bunkazai/pamphlet/pamphlet_en.html |title=Cultural Properties for Future Generations |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=22 February 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026091238/http://www.bunka.go.jp/bunkazai/pamphlet/pamphlet_en.html |archivedate=26 October 2014 |df= }}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bunka.go.jp/bunkazai/shoukai/shitei.html |script-title=ja:史跡名勝天然記念物 |trans-title=Number of Monuments of Japan by Prefecture |language=Japanese |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |date=1 February 2015 |accessdate=22 February 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630172754/http://www.bunka.go.jp/bunkazai/shoukai/shitei.html |archivedate=30 June 2011 |df= }}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/bsys/index_pc.asp |title=Database of National Cultural Properties: 史跡名勝天然記念物 (史跡, 特別史跡 広島県 2県以上) |language=Japanese |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=22 February 2015}}
4. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.pref.hiroshima.lg.jp/site/bunkazai/bunkazai-shitei-index.html |script-title=ja:広島県内の指定文化財数一覧 |trans-title=Number of Cultural Properties in Hiroshima Prefecture |language=Japanese |publisher=Hiroshima Prefecture |date=21 August 2014 |accessdate=22 February 2015}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/776 |title=Itsukushima Shinto Shrine |publisher=UNESCO |accessdate=22 February 2015}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.city.fukuyama.hiroshima.jp/bunka/bunkazai/shisekibu/30.html |script-title=ja:一宮 (桜山茲俊挙兵伝説地) |trans-title=Ichinomiya (legendary army raising ground of Sakurayama Koretoshi) |language=Japanese |publisher=Fukuyama City |accessdate=30 June 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050312054126/http://www.city.fukuyama.hiroshima.jp/bunka/bunkazai/shisekibu/30.html |archivedate=12 March 2005 |df= }}
7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.pref.hiroshima.lg.jp/kyouiku/hotline/bunkazai/data/106120090.html |script-title=ja:寄倉岩陰遺跡 |trans-title=Yosekuraiwakage Site |language=Japanese |publisher=Hiroshima Prefecture |accessdate=30 June 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20121219045634/http://www.pref.hiroshima.lg.jp/kyouiku/hotline/bunkazai/data/106120090.html |archivedate=19 December 2012 |df= }}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/775 |title=Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) |publisher=UNESCO |accessdate=22 February 2015}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bunka.go.jp/bunkazai/shiteibunkazai/todoufuken.html |script-title=ja:都道府県別指定等文化財件数（都道府県分） |trans-title=Count of Prefectural Cultural Properties by Prefecture |language=Japanese |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |date=1 May 2014 |accessdate=22 February 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053837/http://www.bunka.go.jp/bunkazai/shiteibunkazai/todoufuken.html |archivedate=21 September 2013 |df= }}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bunka.go.jp/bunkazai/shiteibunkazai/sichouson.html |script-title=ja:都道府県別指定等文化財件数（市町村分） |trans-title=Count of Municipal Cultural Properties by Prefecture |language=Japanese |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |date=1 May 2014 |accessdate=22 February 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514084211/http://www.bunka.go.jp/bunkazai/shiteibunkazai/sichouson.html |archivedate=14 May 2015 |df= }}